Places Edited by rbenn250

Where the Border Reivers of the Johnstone clan used to hide their stolen cattle.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

Roman ruins found on the outskirts of a small town on the North Wales coast have over time become a strong part of the community's identity.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

A scene of a heinous act during a troubled period of Scottish history.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

A memorial to two dedicated postal workers who lost their lives delivering mail.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

Experience history from the stomping grounds of the great Scottish poet.

A prison with a more than 200-year history.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.