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The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.

This sculpture honors a long-beloved English comic strip in the main character's hometown.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

This life-sized sculpture has gained a reputation for bringing luck to anybody who touches it.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.

A statue honoring Frank Sidebottom, a beloved cartoon figure from Timperley.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

A tragic tale of a young woman accused of witchcraft haunts this place.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

The smallest statue in Brno will keep you company under the clock on Česká Street.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.