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This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.