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This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

This rock was donated to the museum by an inspired young visitor.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.

A rare labyrinth-style path carved into a historic hill.

In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

The church and nearby castle are all that remains of a medieval village, mysteriously abandoned.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

This church is said to have connections to the Knights Templars.

Amazing vistas await visitors to this stretch of coastline.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

The loneliest island in New York.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.