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Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.

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

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

A rare example of a building constructed specifically for catching eels.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.

This longship was a gift to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxons arrival in England.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.