Liverpool, England
St George's Hall
Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."
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Liverpool, England
Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."
Cardiff, Wales
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
Cardiff, Wales
The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.
Cardiff, Wales
A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.
Bridgwater, England
The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.
Bristol, England
A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.
Blaenavon, Wales
This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.
Pontypool, Wales
Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.
Blaenau Gwent, Wales
A memorial to the British politician who spearheaded the National Health Service.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Widecombe in the Moor, England
This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.
Newton Abbot, England
Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.
Totnes, England
A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Torcross, England
A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Totnes, England
Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.
Totnes, England
One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.
Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Scarborough, England
80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.