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York, England

Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
Added by duncanchappell
York, England

York Minster Astronomical Clock

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.
Added by OTTOTHEKING
York, England

National Railway Museum York

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
Added by Tyke
Grasmere, England

Dove Cottage

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Added by sarafina1977
Whitby, England

Fortune's Smokehouse

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Whitby, England

199 Steps Coffin Benches

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
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Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England

Holy Island Boat Sheds

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.
Gavin Added by Gavin
Northumberland, England

St. Cuthbert's Cave

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Alnwick, England

The Treehouse Restaurant at Alnwick Gardens

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
lukefater Added by lukefater
Alnwick, England

Alnwick Poison Garden

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Alnwick, England

Barter Books

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Added by duncanchappell
Forest-in-Teesdale, England

High Force and Low Force Waterfalls

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Henshaw, England

Sycamore Gap

Also known as "Robin Hood's tree," this tree became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down in an act of vandalism.
Added by Ethan Nicholls
Seaham, England

'Eleven 'O' One'

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Sunderland, England

National Glass Centre

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.
Kraft Kreator Added by Kraft Kreator
Jarrow, England

Tyne Cyclist and Pedestrian Tunnels

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.
Global Sightseer Added by Global Sightseer
Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Blackfriars Friary

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Gateshead, England

Dunston Staiths

The largest timber structure in Europe.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Stanley, England

Causey Arch

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.
Global Sightseer Added by Global Sightseer
Beamish, England

Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
Added by hambaisha
Rome, Italy

The Dome Illusion

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
England

Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
rhiannonholmes Added by rhiannonholmes
Keswick, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Added by thescousewife