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Lurking among the classical architecture, rose gardens, and art of this historic country house—a crocodile in a bathtub.

This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.

This small village museum contains the schoolboy scratchings of William Wordsworth.

This towering monument is dedicated in memory of a most unusually named, yet heroic, horse.

Before firefighters, villagers relied on this simple hook to save their thatched cottages from a fiery doom.

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

Many of the cottages and houses of this tiny village are adorned with a local lord's collection of saintly statues.

This Great Dunmow pond was a breeding ground for medical leeches, as well as the testing ground for the world's first lifeboat.

The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.

In the mid-1800s, the British military used this hilltop fort to train soldiers.

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

At this fountain, Pongo and Missis of "The Hundred and One Dalmatians," stopped to drink.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.

This is Britain's one and only clock concealed in the pavement.

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.

The story behind this uniquely-shaped tower involves ancient empires, local legends, and new words.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

These iconic characters honor Carl Giles, who brought humor to newspaper readers for almost 50 years.

From amidst her whirling waves, this mermaid sees all who pass through St. Swithun’s Church. If local legends are to be believed, she serves as a warning.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

Looking for the train station? Try the building shaped like a train.

Believed to be an execution site used by King Arthur after he was embarrassed.

The door of St. Lawrence’s Church features small scars from a battle that took place nearly 400 years ago.