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A Neolithic burial tomb connected with a colorful array of legends.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

This windmill is believed to be the oldest in the British Isles.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.

Home to one of the tallest church spires in Europe, this historic church once played host to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

Once the largest factory complex in all of Europe, this converted shopping center celebrates its industrial past in a big way.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.