United Kingdom

Scotlands' Skye Bridge opened on this day 19 years ago, physically linking the islands to the mainland for the first time and replacing a ferry which had run in various forms since the 17th century. Tolls to use the bridge…

On October 14, 1812, construction work started on the Regents Canal. Linking the Grand Union Canal to the River Thames, the waterway was part of a larger plan by John Nash to redevelop parts of north London, at the behest…

On this day 130 years ago, Greenwich in London was established as the 'zero longitude' for universal time, commonly known in the UK as Greenwich Mean Time. The exact meridian is is marked by a line in the ground and…

On this day in 1885, the Tramway in Blackpool opened - the first of its kind in the world. These days the 18km (11 mile) system carries more than 6 million passengers a year, mostly on shiny new trams, though…

We've visited a handful of large-scale sculptures by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in the past, but because we love them so much we thought we'd do a comprehensive round up of as many as possible, in roughly chronological…

On September 12, 1906, the Newport Transporter Bridge opened, carrying vehicle and foot traffic across the River Usk. A gondola hanging from the main boom is carried back and forth between two supporting towers. There are less than ten of…