Lyme Regis, England
The Glowing Clams of Great Britain
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
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Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
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.
Bath, England
With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.
Whitehaven, England
Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
Nottingham, England
This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Malham, England
A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
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.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.