Lambholm, Scotland
The Italian Chapel
This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.
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Lambholm, Scotland
This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.
Totnes, England
Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Wimborne Minster, England
This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950s.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Willen, England
The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
Willaston, England
This bizarre English competition answers the important question: how many worms can YOU coax out of the ground?
Liverpool, England
Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.
Hartlepool, England
The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.
London, England
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
Colne, England
The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.
Tattershall, England
An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
London, England
A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.
Lewes, England
Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."
Coventry, England
Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.