Penzance, England
Minack Theatre
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
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Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Helston, England
Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.
Mawnan Smith, England
The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.
St Anthony, England
On this headland lies a 19th-century lighthouse and historic gun battery.
St Mawes, England
A 16th-century artillery fort built to protect England against European invasion.
Osmington, England
Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Bovington, England
This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
North Nibley, England
A 160-year-old tower built in honor of a scholar who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Cheltenham, England
Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.
Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
Pendine, Wales
Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
Bishop's Castle, England
The oldest working Brewery in Britain.
Broadway, England
A petite castle folly in the English countryside.
Snowshill, England
The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.
Chipping Norton, England
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.