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A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.

This church is considered the largest and most complete Saxon church in England.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

The unexpected mascot of Shetland's capital.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

This Victorian gate contains cryptic inscriptions in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

This remarkable building has a lot to offer, even if you're not placing a bid.

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

These ruins are a monument to the region's industrial heritage, and the site of England's worst mining tragedy.

This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

The country home of world-famous designer, writer, and artist extraordinaire, William Morris.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.

The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.