Derby, England
Arbor Low Stone Circle
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
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Derby, England
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
Hartlepool, England
Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.
Barnard Castle, England
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Arkwright Town, England
When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.
Hope Valley, England
Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.
England
The only electricity pylon under whose legs you can go by boat.
Gainford, England
This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.
Sheffield, England
Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Great Dunmow, England
An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.
Kidderminster, England
Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.
Bournemouth, England
A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.
Bournemouth, England
Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.
Reading, England
This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.
Salisbury, England
The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
Gosport, England
This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Starcross, England
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.