County Durham, England
Egglestone Abbey
A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.
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County Durham, England
A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.
Gainford, England
This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.
Traquair, Scotland
The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.
London, England
One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.
Hartlepool, England
The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Hartlepool, England
The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.
Eyam, England
One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."
Sheffield, England
This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.
Halifax, England
Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.
Whittingham, England
This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.
Rawtenstall, England
The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.
Bramhope, England
This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Smardale, England
A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.
Dumfries, Scotland
An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.
Keoldale, Scotland
The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
Durness, Scotland
A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past
Heilam, Scotland
The ruins of a defunct limestone quarry still haunt this Scottish promontory.
Dunnet, Scotland
The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Järva-Jaani, Estonia
Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.
Türisalu, Estonia
Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.