Oxford, England
The Headington Shark
A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.
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Oxford, England
A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.
Bridgnorth, England
This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.
Broadway, England
A petite castle folly in the English countryside.
Swindon, England
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Minsterworth, England
This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.
Alton Barnes, England
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Bath, England
This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.
Bath, England
Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
Bristol, England
The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."
Bristol, England
Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.
Bristol, England
The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.
Osmington, England
Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Bude, England
An octagonal folly tower overlooking the sea.
Exmouth, England
Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.
Starcross, England
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.
Exeter, England
At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.
Exeter, England
Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.
Stilton, England
Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.
Peterborough, England
Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.