Coventry, England
Spon Street
A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.
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Coventry, England
A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.
Coventry, England
Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.
Coventry, England
Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.
Ilkeston, England
This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.
Coventry, England
The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.
Nottingham, England
When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.
Stapleford, England
Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.
Derby, England
The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Newtown Linford, England
The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.
Leicester, England
The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.
L'Agulhas, South Africa
This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Manchester, England
Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Stoke-on-Trent, England
An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Stretford, England
A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.
Mow Cop, England
This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.
Blackpool, England
This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
Fairbourne, Wales
A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Liverpool, England
The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.