Hartlepool, England
Heugh Gun Battery Memorial Tablet
This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.
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Hartlepool, England
This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.
Roughlee, England
This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.
Colne, England
The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Barnard Castle, England
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Northumberland, England
This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.
Corbridge, England
This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.
Morpeth, England
This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.
Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
York, England
This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.
York, England
This medieval church is not only notable for its architecture, but also its connection with LGBTQ+ history.
York, England
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
York, England
This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Llithfaen, Wales
An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.
Caernarfon, Wales
A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Lynford, England
A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Liverpool, England
Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.