In the heart of suburbia, enclosed by green painted iron railings, lies an ancient sandstone menhir. A weathered bronze plaque within the railings explains the stone’s recent history: “THIS... »

Geological Oddities, Unusual Monuments | Edited by johnreppion, Rachel and others

Calderstones Park is home to a thousand year old Oak Tree known as “The Law Oak”. It is beneath the spreading branches of this majestic tree that crime and punishment are alleged to have been... »

Horticultural Marvels | Edited by johnreppion, Rachel and others

In 1618 the local Puritan community erected the Toxteth Unitarian Chapel on the corner of today’s Park Road and Dingle Lane. Since the 1830s it has been known as The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth.... »

Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by johnreppion, Dylan and others

Little was known about the Calderstones until the 18th century when they are thought to have been disturbed. In 1825 it was reported that, "in digging about them, urns made of the coarsest clay,... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Unusual Monuments | Edited by lercio and Nicholas Jackson

Known as St. John's Tower by locals, St. John's Beacon is a giant concrete tower in Liverpool that looks like a traditional TV tower, but was not designed for this use. Instead, St. John's Beacon... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Alpha, Nicholas Jackson and others

Joseph Williamson made his fortune in the Liverpool trading and tobacco industry in the early 1800s. Around 1817, after the Napoleonic Wars, Liverpool was unexpectedly hit by a recession, fueled... »

Architectural Oddities, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta, M Rebekah Otto and 2 others

Interred in 1851, William MacKenzie’s name is mentioned in many Liverpool guidebooks owing to the fact that grave is marked with an impressive fifteen foot (4.57 metre) pyramid shaped tombstone.... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and johnreppion

Another Place consists of one hundred cast-iron, life-size figures (cast from artist Antony Gormley's naked body), spread out along three kilometers of the Mersey river shore, stretching almost... »

Outsider Art | Edited by lercio, ack sed and others