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View of part of the Village

Beaconsfield, England

Bekonscot Model Village

The world's oldest model village.

The Pitstone Windmill

Ivinghoe, England

The Pitstone Windmill

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

Jarman's Coffin.

Little Gaddesden, England

Jarman's Coffin

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

Bridgewater Monument.

Aldbury, England

Bridgewater Monument

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

Aldbury Stocks and Whipping Post

Aldbury, England

Aldbury Stocks and Whipping Post

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

Tombstone of Wild Peter at St. Mary's Church.

Northchurch, England

Grave of Peter, the Wild Boy of Hanover

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

The Bailey walls of Berkhamsted Castle.

Berkhamsted, England

Berkhamsted Castle

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

Snook's Grave.

Hemel Hempstead, England

Snook's Grave

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

The roundabout in 1973, shortly after it opened.

Hemel Hempstead, England

Magic Roundabout

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

St Mary's Church

Hemel Hempstead, England

St Mary's Church

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

The graffiti.

Gerrards Cross, England

Chalfont Viaduct

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

William Penn's Gravestone

Jordans, England

William Penn’s Grave

The remains of the man who founded Pennsylvania lie in an unassuming grave in the English countryside.

Giant Royal Heads
Permanently Closed

Fifield, England

Giant Royal Heads

Enormous terracotta heads of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip can be seen on the side of the road to Windsor.

Bayeux Tapestry, Reading Museum.

Reading, England

Reading Museum Bayeux Tapestry

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

Maharajah's Well

Stoke Row, England

Maharajah's Well

A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.

'The Nuba Survival'

Checkendon, England

'The Nuba Survival'

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

Jardin du Tripot

Honfleur, France

Jardin du Tripot

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

Église Sainte Catherine

Honfleur, France

Église Sainte Catherine

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

The Tower of Joan of Arc rising over Rouen.

Rouen, France

Tower of Joan of Arc

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Musee Flaubert et d'Histoire de la Medecine

Rouen, France

Musee Flaubert et d'Histoire de la Medecine

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

The museum

Rouen, France

Musée Le Secq des Tournelles

A French museum of wrought iron.

Aitre St. Maclou

Rouen, France

Aitre St. Maclou

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

King Richard the Lionheart's heart is entombed beneath his effigy.

Rouen, France

King Richard I's Embalmed Heart

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

Barryland.

Martigny, Switzerland

Barryland

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

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