Grasmere, England
Dove Cottage
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
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Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Leeds, England
This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
Halifax, England
Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.
Brighton, England
This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.
Birmingham, England
Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.
Slough, England
This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.
Southwold, England
A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
London, England
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
Sunderland, England
A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.
Newquay, England
An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.
Chesterfield, England
The former home of a railway legend and the site of a gigantic labyrinth.
Tanworth in Arden, England
The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.
Colne, England
The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.
Northleach, England
Music boxes like you've never imagined.
Exeter, England
At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.
King's Lynn, England
The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.
Llanymynech, England
A small village in two different countries.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Tattershall, England
An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.
Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
Maidstone, England
This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
Alrewas, England
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.