Westward Ho!, England
Westward Ho!
How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?
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Westward Ho!, England
How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?
Carbis Bay, England
A quirky mausoleum celebrated once every five years with young dancing girls, widows, a tax man, and more.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Tintagel, England
A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Ponsanooth, England
A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Botallack, Cornwall
These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.
Cornwall, England
A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Torcross, England
A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Totnes, England
A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.
Devon, England
This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Newton Abbot, England
The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Newton Abbot, England
This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Widecombe in the Moor, England
This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.
Yelverton, England
The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.