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

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

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

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.