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This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.