Stannington, England
Abandoned St. Mary's Asylum
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
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Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Dunmore, Scotland
A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Fortingall, Scotland
Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
London, England
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
Glasgow, Scotland
Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.
Aviemore, Scotland
Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.
Hawarden, Wales
At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.
Scotland
Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.