Leek, England
Doxey Pool
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
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Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
Ware, England
Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.
Nottingham, England
This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
London, England
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
Bath, England
With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.
Liverpool, England
The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Coleford, England
On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.
Bodiam, England
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
London, England
A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.
London, England
This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.