Conwy, Wales
Quay House, The Smallest House in Great Britain
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
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Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Sussex, England
The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Stoke Heath, England
A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.
Coventry, England
A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.
Biddulph, England
This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.
Hope Valley, England
Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Stamford, England
England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.
Ponsanooth, England
A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.
Portland, England
This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.
Winchester, England
A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.
Dunfermline, Scotland
A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.
Birmingham, England
This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.
Exeter, England
These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.
Kilpeck, England
Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.