Hale, England
The Giant's Grave
Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."
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Hale, England
Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."
Liverpool, England
Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.
Liverpool, England
The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.
Toxteth, England
17th century puritan church with connections to the Salem Witch Trials.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Liverpool, England
The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.
Liverpool, England
Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Bamford, England
This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.
Hope Valley, England
A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Buxton, England
A historic Georgian building and warm springs.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Manchester, England
Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Corfu, Greece
The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.
Corfu, Greece
The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.
Raičevići, Montenegro
A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.
Montenegro
A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Montenegro
Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.