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European landmarks and their stories, from Welsh castles and Pripyat's ruins to Genoa's Ponte Morandi and Hitler's Kehlsteinhaus, with the UK in focus.

North Pier, Blackpool

June 28, 2017

North Pier is the most northerly of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England. Built in the 1860s, it is also the oldest and longest of the three. Although…

South Pier, Blackpool

June 28, 2017

South Pier (originally known as Victoria Pier) is one of three piers in Blackpool, England. Located on South Promenade on the South Shore, the pier contains a n…

Central Pier, Blackpool, UK

June 28, 2017

Central Pier is one of three piers in the town of Blackpool, England. Location The pier is central in that it is located between the other two, but it was close…

Aberbran Railway Station, Wales

June 27, 2017

Aberbran railway station served the village of Aberbran in the traditional county of Brecknockshire, Wales. History Opened by the Neath and Brecon Railway, it b…

Rothesay Pier, Scotland

June 27, 2017

Rothesay is a classic seaside town on the Isle of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, separated from the mainland of Scotland by a narrow channel called the Kyles of B…

Dunoon Pier, Scotland

June 27, 2017

Dunoon is a highlands resort town on the Cowal Peninsula looking out across Holy Loch from the Firth of Clyde in the Argyll and Bute Council Area. The first Dun…