Gwynedd, Wales
Portmeirion Village
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
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Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
East Molesey, England
England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
London's old-school healing garden.
London, England
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.