Derbyshire, England
Charles Cotton's Fishing House
This small building nestled along the Dove River is seen by some as the birthplace of angling as a sport.
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Derbyshire, England
This small building nestled along the Dove River is seen by some as the birthplace of angling as a sport.
Spinkhill, England
A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.
Cornwall, England
A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Epworth, England
The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
Newark-on-Trent, England
This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.
Buxton, England
Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Derbyshire, England
This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.
Buxton, England
A historic Georgian building and warm springs.
Southwell, England
In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.
Southwell, England
Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.
Southwell, England
A 13th-century inn where the ill-fated King Charles I spent his last night of freedom.
Newark, England
The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Leek, England
A face-like natural rock formation so well known, a pub was named in its honor.
Eyam, England
One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."
Pleasley, England
This park and coal mine heritage site is home to two of the last steam winding engines in the UK.
Nottingham, England
This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."