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St. Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park

Manchester, England

St. Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).

Looks can be deceiving.

Manchester, England

The Washhouse

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Victoria Baths

Manchester, England

Victoria Baths

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

The Halifax gibbet

Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

6 Times

Edinburgh, Scotland

6 Times

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

The front of the Old Swan. (Press Photo)

Harrogate, England

Old Swan Hotel

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

Platform 9 3/4

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Dome

London, England

Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Allies by Lawrence Holofcener. (Wikimedia Commons)

London, England

Allies Sculpture

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The Churchill War Rooms

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Superlambanana

Liverpool, England

Superlambanana

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Out House

Manchester, England

Out House

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

The remains of Mayfield Station from outside

Manchester, England

Mayfield Railway Station

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

Boardman's Entry
Permanently Closed

Manchester, England

Boardman’s Entry

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

Alan Turing Memorial

Manchester, England

Alan Turing Memorial

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

Historic Reading Room

Manchester, England

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Paris Point Zero

Paris, France

Paris Point Zero

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

59 Rivoli in 2005.

Paris, France

59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The South Front and the South Lawn with the Seahorse Fountain. The exterior steps are a 19th century replacement for the original horseshoe shaped steps. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bakewell, England

Chatsworth House

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Caves at Crewell Crags

Worksop, England

Ice Age Cave Dwellings at Creswell Crags

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

water sources

Cromford, England

Cromford Mill

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Major Oak

Mansfield, England

Major Oak

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

View from inside Glasgow tram

Town End, England

Crich Tramway Village

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

Crich Stand, the War Memorial of the Sherwood Foresters.

Crich, England

Crich Stand

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

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