Manchester, England
Manchester Museum
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
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Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Hope Valley, England
Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Eyam, England
One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."
England
The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.
Bakewell, England
Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Wentworth, England
The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.
Sheffield, England
Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.
Sheffield, England
A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.
Sheffield, England
This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.
Sheffield, England
This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Wentworth, England
This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Rotherham, England
An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.
Rotherham, England
This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.
Whiston, England
In England, a barn-turned-wedding venue dates back to the 13th century.
Lincoln, England
The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.
Lincoln, England
Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.
Maltby, England
Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.
Epworth, England
The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.