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The remains of the man who founded Pennsylvania lie in an unassuming grave in the English countryside.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

Enormous terracotta heads of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip can be seen on the side of the road to Windsor.

The patch of land below the memorial was gifted by the British to the United States.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

A statue of the heroine who stopped time to save her betrothed.

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

A rare survivor from the age of plagues.

According to the Soldiers Account Book, the village of Odiham is home to Thomas Atkins, whose name became shorthand for all British soldiers.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

The lasting remains of the Balloon Section of the British Armed Forces.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

This mysterious Bronze Age standing stone has become a place where couples profess their love.

Celebrated in poem, this tiny hidden cemetery has a big and grisly history.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.