London, England
Boadicea and Her Daughters
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
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London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Wilmington, England
This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
Brighton, England
This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.
Minstead, England
A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The lighthouse is on a island which is connected to another island, which is connected to another island, which is connected to one of the largest islands in the world.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Conwy, Wales
One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Liverpool, England
The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.
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.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Gateshead, England
The largest timber structure in Europe.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.