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London, England
The Hardy Tree
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
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Godalming, England
Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Coleford, England
Puzzlewood
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
Fingal's Cave
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
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Valenciennes, France
Abandoned Eurostar Train
This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.
Lyon, France
Jardin Rosa Mir
A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Le Puy, France
Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle)
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Bailleau-Armenonville, France
Vélorails Pays Chartrain
A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.
Verzy, France
Faux de Verzy
Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.
Paris, France
Chez Christiane
BDSM, 1930s Style.
Paris, France
The One-Two-Two
This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, France
The Abode of Chaos
An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
The Rue Obscure
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Paris, France
Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier
Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.
Bordeaux, France
Miroir d'eau
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
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Saint-Ouen, France
Pierre Bazalgues Macabre Antique Stand
Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
Musee Robert Tatin
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Chartres, France
La Maison Picassiette
A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.
Montségur, France
Château de Montségur
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
