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A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.