Haslingden, England
'Halo'
At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.
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Haslingden, England
At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Newark-on-Trent, England
This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
Ticknall, England
This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.
Lincoln, England
The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.
Clipstone, England
These abandoned coal mine towers near Sherwood Forest might soon boast the U.K.’s longest zip-line.
Nottingham, England
A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.
Roughlee, England
This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.
Kings Clipstone, England
These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.
Harrogate, England
Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
Brampton Bierlow, England
A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
Nottingham, England
This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.
Holywell, Wales
Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Amlwch, Wales
The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Whitby, England
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.
Derby, England
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.