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ambrune

Since 2001, A.M. Brune has reported and written hundreds of freelance newspaper, magazine and website articles – from pitch to print – for publications, such as the New Yorker, The Guardian, the New York Times, The Nation, Atlas Obscura and others on a variety of topics, including world affairs, social justice, human rights and culture. Brune has also worked as a press officer at the United Nations and an associate editor for the UN Yearbook, an annual chronicle of all things UN. Brune holds a BS in Journalism from Northwestern University and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University in the City of New York. She often brings along a camera on assignments and is known to shoot her own photos.

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Canterbury, England

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Sandgate, England

House of H.G. Wells

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Sandgate, England

Sandgate Castle

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Folkestone, England

Folkestone White Horse

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

St. Leonard's Church Basement Ossuary

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

Added by Elielux

Saltwood Castle

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Maidstone, England

Kent County Lunatic Asylum (Oakwood Hospital)

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Bearded Zombie

Added by Bearded Zombie

Ashford, England

Mark IV World War I Tank

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Tudeley, England

All Saints' Church of Tudeley

This medieval church is the only one in the world that features all Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.

Added by Theophania

Camber Castle

Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.

Added by stujogreenfield

East Sussex, England

Litlington White Horse

This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.

honeytea

Added by honeytea

Wilmington, England

The Long Man of Wilmington

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Eastbourne, England

Musgrave Museum

The unusual private collection of modern-day renaissance man George Musgrave.

Added by vickeh

Kaédi, Mauritania

Abandoned Resort

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Mausoleum of Augustus

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Coventry, England

Remains of the Whitefriars Friary

The historic site where Queen Elizabeth I once gave a searing speech.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Coventry, England

Thrust SSC and Thrust 2

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Coventry, England

Ford's Hospital

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Warwickshire, England

Lord Leycester Hospital

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Liverpool, England

Eleanor Rigby's Grave

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

Gavin

Brighton, England

Quadrophenia Alley

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

Curioussquirrel

Added by Curioussquirrel

Bristol, England

Edward Everard's Printing Works

This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA

Birmingham, England

Blakesley Hall

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

Phil

Isle of Skye, Scotland

Fairy Pools

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Added by HoldensHuntingHat