Places Edited by Juliejoolz

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

An oasis of calm, nestled in the English countryside.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.