England
Maunsell Army Sea Forts
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
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England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
London, England
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Thingvellir, Iceland
The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.
Husavik, Iceland
Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.