London, England
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
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London, England
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
London, England
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.
Johnstone, Scotland
A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Oxford, England
The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.
Lancaster, England
A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.
Haverfordwest, Wales
A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.
Cheltenham, England
Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.
Glastonbury, England
In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Cambridge, England
Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Hope Valley, England
A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Moelfre, Wales
These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.
Dunwich, England
A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.
Wigtown, Scotland
This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.
Bragar, Scotland
A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Edinburgh, Scotland
It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.
Carloway, Scotland
A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.