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Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.