Hastings, England
Shipwreck Museum
From battleships to Roman vessels, this museum explores the depths of shipwrecks in the region.
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Hastings, England
From battleships to Roman vessels, this museum explores the depths of shipwrecks in the region.
Scarborough, England
80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.
Whorlton, England
An abandoned Yorkshire castle that is hidden in plain sight.
Seaham, England
Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."
Southport, England
The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.
Ashford, England
A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.
Whipsnade, England
This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.
Barnard Castle, England
This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.
Penrith, England
Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.
Middlesbrough, England
Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.
Leeds, England
One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.
Inverkeithing, Scotland
A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.
Hartlepool, England
The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Blackpool, England
A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.
Southend-on-Sea, England
This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."
Halifax, England
This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.
Kettlewell, England
Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.
Darlington, England
A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.
Stansted, England
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.
Malton, England
WWII artifacts, including the building itself.
Chapel-le-Dale, England
This incredible viaduct was part of the Victorian railway boom and helped the Midland Railway navigate tough terrain.
Whitby, England
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.