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Wapping Old Stairs at low tide.

London, England

Site of Execution Dock

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The shrine outside Garden Lodge in 2014.
Permanently Closed

London, England

Freddie Mercury's Former Home and Studio

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Traffic Light Tree

London, England

Traffic Light Tree

A student driver's nightmare.

Parkland Walk

London, England

Parkland Walk

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

The Western Pylon now stranded between two busy roads.

Brighton, England

Patcham Pylon

This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.

The Long Man of Wilmington.

Wilmington, England

The Long Man of Wilmington

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

View of the cottage from across the green.

East Dean, England

Sherlock Holmes Retirement Cottage

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.

Seven Sisters Cliffs

East Sussex, England

Seven Sisters Cliffs

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

Beachy Head

East Sussex, England

Beachy Head

England's most notorious suicide spot.

All Saints' Church of Tudeley

Tudeley, England

All Saints' Church of Tudeley

This medieval church is the only one in the world that features all Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.

The Biddenden Maids sign

Biddenden, England

Biddenden Maids

Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were the first famous conjoined twins in England, but it's not clear when they were born.

The Ashford tank.

Ashford, England

Mark IV World War I Tank

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

The piece bears some resemblance to designs of eastern European origin.

Maidstone, England

The Lady in the Woods

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

Trees in Dering wood

Pluckley, England

Dering Wood

A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.

Dog Collar Museum

Hollingbourne, England

Dog Collar Museum

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

Oakwood Hospital
Permanently Closed

Maidstone, England

Kent County Lunatic Asylum (Oakwood Hospital)

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Kit's Coty with backdrop of storm clouds gathering.

Blue Bell Hill, England

Kit's Coty House

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

Coldrum Long Barrow

West Malling, England

Coldrum Long Barrow

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture

Puteaux, France

'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris, France

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

Paris, France

Musée Marmottan Monet

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

St. Vincent de Paul up above the altar

Paris, France

The Wax and Bone Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

'Bouquet of Tulips'

Paris, France

'Bouquet of Tulips'

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

Chapelle Notre Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse

Paris, France

Chapelle Notre Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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