Edinburgh, Scotland
Bakehouse Close
This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Stirling, Scotland
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Dumbarton, Scotland
This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
York, England
This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.
London, England
Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
London, England
The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.
Glasgow, Scotland
The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.
London, England
One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.
Bridgnorth, England
This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Coventry, England
This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Bristol, England
The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.