Cublington, England
Cublington Spinney and Airport Monument
In the 1970s, the citizens of several small villages came together to stop their homes from being destroyed for a new airport.
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Cublington, England
In the 1970s, the citizens of several small villages came together to stop their homes from being destroyed for a new airport.
Bletchley, England
Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.
Willen, England
The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Cambridge, England
A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.
Cambridge, England
An unusual artwork dedicated to a unique man that entertained people visiting Cambridge while raising money for charity.
Cambridge, England
The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.
Cambridge, England
A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.
Cambridge, England
An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.
Cambridge, England
An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.
Cambridge, England
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Cambridge, England
One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Cambridge, England
A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
Cambridge, England
The design of this seemingly translucent two-story tower in northwest Cambridge was inspired by an optical illusion.
Cambridge, England
This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.
Cambridge, England
The unlikely myth that this bridge was designed by Sir Isaac Newton is quite a tribute to its clever design.
Lorton, Virginia
This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.
Lorton, Virginia
A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.
Lorton, Virginia
The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.
Ridgmont, England
This ancient Bedfordshire church was abandoned when the village's population slowly began migrating to new towns.
Milton Keynes, England
A herd of half-sized cow sculptures has stood in this part for nearly 50 years.
Atlanta, Georgia
For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”
Bahamas
The site of the earliest colonial settlement in the Bahamas started as a place of religious refuge.