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

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

In the ancient Woolley Woods, an art project promises access to new worlds.

A collection of throne-inspired sculptures dot the landscape of Wincobank.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

An oasis of calm, nestled in the English countryside.

The incredible private taxidermy collection of an eccentric zoologist.