Somerset, England
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The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
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Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Birnam, Scotland
This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
London, England
A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
London, England
The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
London, England
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Clachan-Seil, Scotland
The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.
Portsoy, Scotland
These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Hawarden, Wales
At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.
Kingussie, Scotland
These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.
Bodiam, England
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Tongwynlais, Wales
High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.
Pittenweem, Scotland
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
Crymych, Wales
The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.