North Coogee, Australia
C.Y. O'Connor Horse and Rider
This drowning bronze monument marks the spot where one of Australia's great engineers died by suicide.
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North Coogee, Australia
This drowning bronze monument marks the spot where one of Australia's great engineers died by suicide.
Wagin, Australia
Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.
Guildford, Australia
One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.
Holmrook, England
One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.
Esperance, Australia
A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
Durham, England
An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Bamburgh, England
The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Scarborough, England
80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.
Elterwater, England
The sculptural remains of the last home of a legendary Dada artist.
North Yorkshire, England
This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Morpeth, England
This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Keswick, England
A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
Lanehead, England
An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.
York, England
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.
Middlesbrough, England
The final resting place of a celebrated First Nations man who traveled through England with a snake oil salesman.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Decaying 18th-century church converted to a single-family home.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.