Oxford, England
Saint Margaret's Well
The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
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Oxford, England
The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
London, England
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
York, England
Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.
London, England
This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Congleton, England
This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
York, England
This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.
London, England
London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.
Bristol, England
The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Cookley, England
Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.
Bray, England
You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.
London, England
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
London, England
Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.