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Norwich Keyboard

Norwich, England

Norwich Keyboard

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

Inside one of the massive chambers

Bristol, England

Clifton Suspension Bridge Vaults

Cathedral-like Victorian vaults are hidden within this iconic bridge.

Wallace and Gromit Statue

Preston, England

Wallace and Gromit Statue

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

Maidstone's Mummy, Ta-Kush, is 2,700 years old. All photos by Alan Tigwell.

Maidstone, England

Maidstone Mummy

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

Jack-in-the Green May Day Festival, 2014.

Hastings, England

Jack in the Green

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

Normanton Church.

Normanton, England

Normanton Church

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

Goathland Station

Goathland, England

Goathland Station

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Wings set against a sunny sky

Gateshead, England

The Angel of the North

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Bell in the Marquis of Granby pub.

London, England

Parliamentary Division Bells

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

B-29 ‘Over Exposed’ Crash Site

Glossop, England

B-29 'Over Exposed' Crash Site

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

The sculpture.

Woking, England

'The Martian'

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

Ladybower Reservoir, the largest of the 3 in the chain, and its hypnotic western overflow.

Bamford, England

The Upper Derwent Reservoirs

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

View of part of the Village

Beaconsfield, England

Bekonscot Model Village

The world's oldest model village.

Camera Museum.

London, England

Camera Museum

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

St Michael's Mount

Marazion, England

St Michael's Mount

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Mini-Europe

Brussels, Belgium

Mini-Europe

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

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