Saint Blazey, England
The Eden Project
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
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Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Birmingham, England
A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
London, England
Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
Birmingham, England
The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Cookley, England
Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Bridgnorth, England
This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.
Weston, England
Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.
Shrewsbury, England
Standing at the site of his former school, this sculpture celebrates Darwin's groundbreaking contributions to science and his deep connection to his birthplace.
Shrewsbury, England
A prison with a more than 200-year history.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.