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Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.