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Believing British church designers had lost their way, architect Pugin strove for opulence in this ecclesiastical masterpiece, nicknamed Pugin’s Gem in his honor.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

The silhouettes of bottle-shaped kilns at sunset create a brooding, dramatic cityscape in this pottery hub near Britain’s largest amusement park.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

Tours offer factory floor access in this ceramics powerhouse, while the museum showcases historic pottery and explains the industrial impact of Josiah Wedgwood.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

Believing British church designers had lost their way, architect Pugin strove for opulence in this ecclesiastical masterpiece, nicknamed Pugin’s Gem in his honor.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

The silhouettes of bottle-shaped kilns at sunset create a brooding, dramatic cityscape in this pottery hub near Britain’s largest amusement park.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

Following the execution of his father, Charles II hid from pursuing republicans in the church and tree of this charming 17th-century farmhouse and hunting lodge.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.

A huge stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and a Spitfire aircraft are among the treasures that help this museum tell the story of the Potteries region.