Oxford, England
Pitt Rivers Museum
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
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Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Dunnet, Scotland
The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
Swindon, England
There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Avebury, England
The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
Madron, England
Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.
Zennor, England
This wooden chair dates possibly back to the 15th century, and commemorates a local legend.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Newquay, England
An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.
Carbis Bay, England
A quirky mausoleum celebrated once every five years with young dancing girls, widows, a tax man, and more.
Helston, England
Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.
Roche, England
This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Busveal, England
The excellent acoustics of this natural amphitheater made it a popular preaching spot for the founder of the Methodist Church.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Ponsanooth, England
A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.
Mawnan Smith, England
The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.