Edinburgh, Scotland
St. Bernard's Well
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
Wadebridge, England
This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.
Telford, England
This whimsical, unique clock has been entertaining shoppers for well over 20 years.
Telford and Wrekin, England
One of the first canal boat-lift inclines ever created.
Dudley, England
This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Cannock, England
Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
Caynton, England
This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.
Roughlee, England
This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.
Ratlinghope, England
A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.
Cheadle, England
Inside this reclamation yard is a unique collection of horse-drawn vehicles.
Stoke Heath, England
A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.
Bath, England
Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Bewdley, England
The church is gone, but the graves and legends remain.
Kidderminster, England
Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.
Cookley, England
Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.
Madeley, England
This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.
Bydgoszcz, Poland
This symbol of Polish heritage survived the occupation during World War II, hidden in plain sight.
Melbourne, Australia
Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Parkville, Australia
The King is honored by an elaborate grotto on a continent he never visited.
Derby, England
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
Coventry, England
The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.