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An established watering hole whose unique history is as fascinating as its decor

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

This iconic building , which is very evocative of the county of Cheshire, is a genuine gem of Tudor, black and white, timber-framed architecture .

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

A free ferry service has run between these two English villages since 1885.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Over 300 historical instruments from around the world can be found in the Royal Northern College of Music's basement.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

These spindly, stone-capped formations are the product of glacial deposits and thousands of years of erosion.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

This quaint river crossing is the last car-suitable wooden bridge in the Swiss canton of Valais.

Visit a prison tower used during witch tribunals.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.

Aliens and monsters lurk inside this museum dedicated to one man's lifelong adoration of all things sci-fi.