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This izakaya restaurant was designed to look like the Biblical vessel.

A magnificent mansion hides a delightful collection of historic timepieces.

This 600-year-old tower was built as a comfy residence for cherished pigeons.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.