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This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.

A weird and wonderful collection of items that pique curiosity and haunt nightmares.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

A beloved upside-down beacon off the coast of Northern Ireland.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.

The artwork mysteriously appeared within an Edinburgh cemetery.

These ancient ruins were the final resting place of King Henry II's mistress.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.

These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past

The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.