A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

A rare survivor from the age of plagues.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.

This tiny getaway tucked away in an uninhabited Scottish valley isn't your ordinary teahouse.

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

One of the largest lenses of its kind ever created, this former ship beacon has been brought down to Earth.

A small plaque highlights the damage caused by German air raids during World War II.

This rustic, flower-lined pathway once had very little in common with its namesake.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.

Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

The carved medieval stones stand near the ruined abbey's parking lot.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

A face-like natural rock formation so well known, a pub was named in its honor.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.