Grange-over-Sands, England
Grange Lido
Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.
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Grange-over-Sands, England
Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.
Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Kendal, England
Two minuscule windows are tucked inside this medieval building.
Malton, England
WWII artifacts, including the building itself.
Penrith, England
Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.
Durham, England
A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.
Durham, England
A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.
Lytham, England
During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.
Liverpool, England
This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.
Liverpool, England
On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.
Ventnor, England
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
Port Erin, Isle of Man
A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Inverkeithing, Scotland
A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.
Carrbridge, Scotland
Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.
Dunnet, Scotland
The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
Burton-on-Trent, England
The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.
Birmingham, England
This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.
London, England
This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.
London, England
A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.