Plymouth, England
The Leviathan
Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.
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Plymouth, England
Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.
Plymouth, England
A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Postbridge, England
This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.
Widecombe in the Moor, England
This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Bovey Tracey, England
This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.
Axmouth, England
The oldest standing concrete bridge in England was also constructed as a work of art.
Lyme Regis, England
A beautiful bronze statue of the greatest fossil hunter of the 19th century.
Lyme Regis, England
The final resting place of a once-unsung hero of paleontology.
Lyme Regis, England
A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Poundbury, England
Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.
Osmington, England
Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Salisbury, England
This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Glastonbury, England
This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.
Somerset, England
This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.
Devon, England
A massive flood devastated this seaside town, causing many to speculate about whether the government had figured out how to influence the weather.
Devon, England
An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.
Westward Ho!, England
How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?
Bude, England
A quirky "castle" formerly belonging to a famous British inventor.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.