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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 ...

Step On It: Life-Size LEGO Teardrop Trailer Travels Well

A plastic fantastic, life-size LEGO teardrop trailer made from over 200,000 assorted LEGO bricks boasts electric power, running water and a fold-up bed. Given enough LEGO bricks, plenty of ...

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 ...

Subterranean Secrets: The Mystery of Liverpool’s Tunnels

Starting in the basement of a home owned by a wealthy philanthropist in the 1700s, a network of tunnels descends into the earth beneath the city of Liverpool, their full extent still undiscovered ...

Bloodswept Lands: Poppies Pour out of the Tower of London

Bloodswept Lands and Seas of Red is the appropriately dramatic name for this incredible installation of red ceramic poppies pouring from an upper window into the dry moat around the Tower of ...

Bounce Below: World’s Largest Underground Cave Trampoline

Deep in a former Welsh slate quarry mining cavern twice the size of St. Paul's Cathedral, children and adults alike gleefully jump up and down on a system of netting suspended from the walls. ...

Brandalism: Replacing Bus Shelter Ads with Art in the UK

Over three hundred bus shelter ads across the UK have been replaced with thought-provoking works criticizing capitalist culture by 40 street artists. The 'Brandalism' posters were installed in ...

Shwopping: Store Covered in 10,000 Hanging Garments

Covering the outside of a four-story building like tattered shingles, 10,000 colorful garments hang - and they represent just five minutes' worth of discarded clothing in the United Kingdom. The ...

Slippery When Wet: The UK’s Top 10 Navigable Aqueducts

Navigable aqueducts played an important role in getting Great Britain's industrial revolution off the ground. In an age when railroads and commercial highways had yet to be invented, these elevated ...

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