Driffield, England
Rudston Monolith
Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.
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Driffield, England
Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.
Lincoln, England
Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Whittingham, England
This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Harrogate, England
A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
Ingleton, England
This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.
Stockport, England
Great Britain's only hat-making museum.
Crawick, Scotland
Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Peterborough, England
The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.
Abergele, Wales
After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.
Denbigh, Wales
Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Lancaster, England
A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Thirsk, England
England's largest white horse isn't even white.
Louth, England
A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Knaresborough, England
A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.