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This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

A preserved 18th century steel factory.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.