London, England
Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
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London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
Salford, England
This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.
London, England
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
London, England
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
Winchester, England
This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
Oxford, England
Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.
Liverpool, England
The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.
Tring, England
Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.
London, England
The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
London, England
Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
London, England
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
London, England
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
London, England
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Congleton, England
This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.
London, England
The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.