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Burry Port plaque

Llanelli, Wales

The Great Welsh Amelia Earhart Controversy

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Cloutie tree.

Madron, England

Madron Well

Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.

Inaccessible Island

Inaccessible Island

Inaccessible Island

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

The Perch Inn

Binsey, England

The Perch Inn

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

Working Men's Club

London, England

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?

The Troubadour

London, England

The Troubadour

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

Bishop Rock from the sea

Isles of Scilly, England

Bishop Rock

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

The suburb of Patcham in the distance.

Brighton, England

The Chattri

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

Netherbow Gatehouse.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Luckenbooths

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

The Verda from the side

Shoreham-by-Sea, England

Houseboats of Shoreham

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

Du Cane Court

London, England

Du Cane Court

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

Former RAF Pembrey Battle HQ

Pembrey, Wales

Former RAF Pembrey Airfield

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

The gravestone.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Grave of 'The Great Lafayette'

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

Nick Drake's Gravestone

Tanworth in Arden, England

Nick Drake's Grave

The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.

Alec and his friend.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

'Alec the Goose'

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

Extreme low-tide exposing rock pools

Brighton, England

The Daddy Long Legs Seashore Railway

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

Osmington White Horse.

Osmington, England

Osmington White Horse

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

Innerpeffray Library

Crieff, Scotland

Library of Innerpeffray

Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.

The poshest Tesco.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

2 Royal Avenue

A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.

The underlying River Farset causes the clock tower to tilt.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

River Farset

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

The mural as seen from the nave

Chaldon, England

Ladder of Salvation of the Human Soul

Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.

Condemned Cell Door of Calton Jail

Edinburgh, Scotland

Death Cell Door of Calton Jail

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

The crumbling Minsden chapel faced neglect during and after the Reformation.

Hitchin, England

Ruins of Minsden Chapel

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

Weavers Field

London, England

Weaver's Field

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

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