Todmorden, England
Todmorden Toy & Model Museum
Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.
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Todmorden, England
Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.
London, England
A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.
Brighton, England
The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
Cambridge, England
Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.
Kingsand, England
Half-eaten food on display at an English café.
Liverpool, England
Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.
York, England
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
Edinburgh, Scotland
There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.
Uxbridge, England
Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
Oxford, England
Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.
Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
London, England
Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.
Comrie, Scotland
Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
London, England
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.