Whitby, England
Whitby Whale Bone Arch
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
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Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
London, England
The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.
London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
Roche, England
This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Tintagel, England
Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.
Bath, England
Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.
Liverpool, England
Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Painswick, England
Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.
London, England
This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.
Exeter, England
These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Chipping Norton, England
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.
Bristol, England
The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Hereford, England
Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.
Marlborough, England
Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?
Bristol, England
The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Bridgnorth, England
This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.