Barnsley, England
Oaks Memorial Sculpture
Graham Ibbesons's moving tribute to the victims of England's worst mining disaster.
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Barnsley, England
Graham Ibbesons's moving tribute to the victims of England's worst mining disaster.
Barnsley, England
This tribute to a beloved cricket umpire is a magnet for risqué pranksters.
Bristol, England
An alchemical monument that represents "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water."
Bristol, England
The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.
Berkhamsted, England
This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Liverpool, England
A plinth outside a church displays sculptures by local artists.
Liverpool, England
On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.
Liverpool, England
One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.
Wigan, England
A reconstructed section of a Roman bathhouse sits next to an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.
Nottingham, England
These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Derby, England
A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.
Derby, England
This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.
London, England
Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.
London, England
An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.
London, England
An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.
London, England
At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.
London, England
With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.