Hampton Fields, England
Longstone of Minchinhampton
Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.
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Hampton Fields, England
Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.
Tetbury, England
It's a mystery as to why this inland village chose the dolphin as its symbol.
Driffield, England
Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.
Widecombe in the Moor, England
This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Newton Abbot, England
Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.
Millport, Scotland
A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.
Sheffield, England
A collection of throne-inspired sculptures dot the landscape of Wincobank.
Sheffield, England
In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.
Coventry, England
This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.
Moulton, England
Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.
Lichfield, England
These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.
Glenelg, Scotland
The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.
Capel Saint Andrew, England
The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."
Langrick, England
A working farm turned into a museum dedicated to the world's most unbelievably tiny cars.
Blidworth, England
A mysterious medieval monument said to mark the final resting place of Robin Hood’s henchman.
Bishopthorpe, England
Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.
Woolfardisworthy, England
The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.
Guildford, England
This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.
Sunderland, England
This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.
Hemel Hempstead, England
The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.
Little Gaddesden, England
Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.
Sunderland, England
One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."