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Acoustic Defense: Photo Series Reflects on Derelict British “Sound Mirrors”

In the wake of World War I, the United Kingdom developed a powerful yet relatively low-tech architectural system for detecting incoming enemy airplanes, the remnants of which can still be found ...

Fully Cocked: 10 British ‘Cock’ Pubs & Taverns

Call it a Cock & Bull story but a disproportionate number of British pubs, bars and taverns have 'cock' in their name. What's up with that? Ye Olde Cock While we're on the topic, why ...

Shopping Block: 19 Deservedly Abandoned British Stores

These charming British shops and boutiques just couldn't compete with big box stores but that's not the only reason they've bitten the biscuit. Why try owning and operating a store selling ...

A Chapel in Space: Images Projected onto King’s College Ceiling

Galaxies stretch across Gothic columns and spatterings of stars span the archways of the chapel at King’s College, immersing hushed crowds who have come to hear a lecture on space. Artist ...

Grinding Light: First Glow-in-the-Dark Skateboard Park in UK

  A permanent installation opening as part of the Liverpool Biennial in England, this glowing skate park will be the first of its kind in the UK, enabling skaters of all skill levels to ...

Banksy’s Dismaland to be Reused as Refugee Housing in France

The dystopian bemusement pop-up theme park known Dismaland, a project of UK artist Banksy, is now closed but its dismantled pieces and parts will find second lives as architecture and ...

Gruel Britannia: 10 Abandoned Little Chef Restaurants

Serving up American style with British flavor, hundreds of Little Chef roadside restaurants once warmed up the UK's motorways but less than 80 remain today. “Once a familiar site ...

Sea Fort Retreat: Island Hotel in 1860s British Harbor Base

Known for its naval power, England has a great many leftover army and sea forts. Some have been turned into private islands, radio station or micronations, but this one has been made into a ...

Screen Bean Machines: 10 Classic TV and Movie MINIs

The iconic economic “box on wheels” that is the Mini has been the auto de facto face of the United Kingdom for over a half a century. Most recently seen in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 ...

Marvelous Mystery of Britain’s Money-Making Trees

In certain areas of the United Kingdom, a strange sight awaits those who take a moment to look around. Trees - both living, growing trees and felled trunks - covered in coins dot the landscape. ...

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