Exeter, England
Exeter's Underground Passages
These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.
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Exeter, England
These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.
Amlwch, Wales
The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.
Portland, England
This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Llanberis, Wales
The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.
Holywell, Wales
The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Leeds, England
The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Leek, England
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
Cricket Saint Thomas, England
The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Rushton, England
An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.
Bristol, England
The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.
Malmesbury, England
This crumbling headstone commemorates the first death by tiger in Britain's history.
Gosport, England
This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.
Brighton, England
The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.