Liverpool, England
Williamson Tunnels
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
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Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Invergarry, Scotland
From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.
Hagley, England
An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
Comrie, Scotland
Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Stirling, Scotland
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
London, England
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
London, England
This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Bristol, England
The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
Slack Head, England
These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.
Glasgow, Scotland
These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.
Cookley, England
Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.
London, England
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.
Alexandria, Scotland
An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
London, England
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.