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An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

This former football stadium seems almost abandoned but is still in use by the next generation of Scottish sports stars.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

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

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.