Amsterdam, Netherlands
Café Papeneiland
Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.
London, England
Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
Brampton Bierlow, England
A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
Wakefield, England
Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Harrogate, England
Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.
Leeds, England
This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
London, England
A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
Burton-on-Trent, England
The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.
Bristol, England
One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.
Hope Valley, England
A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Chesterfield, England
The former home of a railway legend and the site of a gigantic labyrinth.
Knighton, England
Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Caynton, England
This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.