Edinburgh, Scotland
The Miss Jean Brodie Steps
These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.
Robin Hood's Bay, England
This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.
Whitby, England
Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.
Whitby, England
These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Whitby, England
The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.
Whitby, England
The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.
Ravenscar, England
At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.
Malton, England
A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.
Driffield, England
Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Darlington, England
The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.
Holywell, Wales
Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.
Talacre, Wales
This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.
Deganwy, Wales
This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.
Dolgarrog, Wales
The worst flood disaster in Welsh history might have been a lot worse if it had not happened on movie night.
Caernarfon, Wales
This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.
Caernarfon, Wales
A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.
Ripponden, England
The house in the middle of the motorway.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Tywyn, Wales
A modest stone circle in North Wales.
Andong, South Korea
The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.