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Parliament Street Exeter

Exeter, England

Parliament Street

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

An overgrown sunken road/green way in Symondsbury, Dorset.

North Chideock, England

Holloways of Dorset

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

One side of the seal shows two nude lovers embracing.

Norwich, England

Balthild Seal Matrix

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

The mulberry tree.

London, England

Charlton House

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

One of the guest bedrooms.

Hawarden, Wales

Gladstone's Library

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

Bedale Leech House.

Bedale, England

Bedale Leech House

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

Always smiling.

Ballygalley, Northern Ireland

Polar Bear of Ballygalley

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.

The memorial plaque.

Hartlepool, England

Heugh Gun Battery Memorial Tablet

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

Portuguese Fireplace.

Minstead, England

Portuguese Fireplace

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

Anna's Museum.

Brighton, England

Anna's Museum

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

Lawnswood Cemetery.

Leeds, England

Lawnswood Cemetery

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

Folkestone White Horse.

Folkestone, England

Folkestone White Horse

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

Ash Dome

Gwynedd, Wales

Ash Dome

The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.

Schoolhouse Cinema, one of the smallest cinemas in Scotland.

Out Skerries, Scotland

Schoolhouse Cinema

A remote island holds what claims to be Scotland's smallest cinema.

BOA museum.

London, England

British Optical Association Museum

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

The Cow and Calf, prominent rock features on the moor.

Ilkley, England

Ilkley Moor

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

Three stories of eccentricity

Nottingham, England

Watson Fothergill's Office

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

The Armada Tree.

Larne, Northern Ireland

The Armada Tree

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

Two of the ravens at the Tower of London.

London, England

The Tower Ravens

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Robert the Bruce (left) and William Wallace (right) stand guard at the gates.

Edinburgh, Scotland

William Wallace and Robert the Bruce Statues

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Moses Carpenter Grave.

Middlesbrough, England

Moses Carpenter's Grave

The final resting place of a celebrated First Nations man who traveled through England with a snake oil salesman.

Public Standards of Length at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

London, England

Public Standards of Length

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

England's largest independent library outside London.

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Lit & Phil

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

The small window looks more like a crack in the wall.

Hull, England

England's Smallest Window

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

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