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Dining room at the Madonna Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

National Museum of Computing

Bletchley, England

National Museum of Computing

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

Wings set against a sunny sky

Gateshead, England

The Angel of the North

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The Silver Swan

Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Bletchley Park

Milton Keynes, England

Bletchley Park

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Lindisfarne Causeway

Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England

Pilgrims Way to Holy Island

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

The excavation site on the Ness of Brodgar.

Stenness, Scotland

Ness of Brodgar

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

The sculpture Sound II in the flooded Crypt

Winchester, England

'Sound II' at Winchester Cathedral

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

The causeway from Wakering Stairs.

Southend-on-Sea, England

The Broomway

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The exterior of the Great Hall of the Palace.

London, England

Eltham Palace

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

Stone Circle at Castlerigg with the mountain Blencathra in the background

Keswick, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Don't be deceived by the Meat Fruit.

London, England

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

Falkirk Wheel

Falkirk, Scotland

Falkirk Wheel

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

On a sunny day

Isle of Iona, Scotland

Iona Abbey

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Rolling Bridge

London, England

Rolling Bridge

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Crossness Pumping Station

London, England

Crossness Pumping Station

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Ring of Brodgar

Orkney, Scotland

Ring of Brodgar

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Missionary letters.

London, England

Finch and Co Antiques

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The Barbican Conservatory's Arid House.

London, England

Barbican Conservatory

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Sir John Soane's Museum

London, England

Sir John Soane's Museum

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Kyoto Garden.

London, England

Kyoto Garden

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The Mail Rail

London, England

The Mail Rail

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

The wall of Philip II Augustus.

Paris, France

The Wall of Philip II Augustus

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

Warning: you may never be able to go back to mass-produced versions of jambon-beurre.

Paris, France

Chez Aline

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

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