Oxford, England
The Sheldonian Theatre
A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.
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Oxford, England
A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.
Waddesdon, England
An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Ashbourne, England
These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.
Moira, England
This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.
Burton-on-Trent, England
A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Birmingham, England
The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.
Birmingham, England
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
Eyam, England
One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Glenelg, Scotland
The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.
Spean Bridge, Scotland
This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.
Lairg, Scotland
This man-made waterfall was designed to help improve access for spawning salmon.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Kediri, Indonesia
Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.
Tampaksiring, Indonesia
One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."