Sheffield, England
The Giant Hands and Giant Feet of Wincobank
In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.
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Sheffield, England
In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.
Sheffield, England
The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.
Sheffield, England
Located behind the Riverside Pub is a nautical fantasy from one of the area's renowned street artists.
Sheffield, England
This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Sheffield, England
This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.
Sheffield, England
Presented to the city in 1910 for public use, these brass markers show varying lengths.
Sheffield, England
A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.
Sheffield, England
This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.
Sheffield, England
The once-a-day siren is a reminder of the days before time was standardized.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
Chesterfield, England
A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.
Nottingham, England
When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Nottingham, England
These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Nottingham, England
The English Civil War began right here in 1642.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Margate, England
Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.
Margate, England
This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Cambridge, England
Cambridge’s century-old outdoor swimming pool is tied for being the longest pool in the United Kingdom, but it is also unusually narrow.
Cambridge, England
One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.