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One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

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

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.