The site of the world's first modern seismometer.

A replica of the famed statue far from home.

A vintage fire engine is hidden inside this World War I-era water tower.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

Dating back to the 500s, these stones include some of the oldest Christian memorials in Scotland.

Britain's oldest miniature railway.

Each section of this public work of art represents one of the city's guilds.

The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

Britain's oldest permanent theatre designed and built for puppets.

Commemorating the first recorded car journey in the United Kingdom, a 56-mile trip that defied the speed limit the whole way.

In this scale model, our neighboring planets are represented by metal spheres spread across an English village. The nearest stars are represented by spheres in California and Australia.

Once home to a local bear named "Bruno."

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

The only statue ever crafted by award-winning animator Ray Harryhausen.

A statue of a pioneering Black footballer outside his former home stadium.

Paisley's oldest open green space contains a rather ostentatious fountain at its center.

The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

According to local legend, this church was built with two doors, so that residents of two rival villages had their own entrances.

A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.

A bronze sculpture of last Sikh maharaja of the Punjab, outside the English estate where he once lived.

A bronze statue of a low three-legged seat commemorates a piece of furniture that started a riot.

A tiny museum dedicated to the world’s tallest true giant sits on an island he never set foot on.