Buxton, England
Blue Lagoon of Buxton
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
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Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Hoyvík, Faroe Islands
Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.
Colchester, England
It's believed emperor Hadrian himself funded this once architectural wonder.
Essex, England
This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.
Colchester, England
Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.
Manningtree, England
This sculpture pays homage to Shakespeare and his reference to a Manningtree tradition.
Manningtree, England
This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.
Mistley, England
This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.
Tattingstone, England
An 18th-century estate owner thought these cottages were an eyesore, so he artfully disguised them as a church.
Fakenham, England
The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.
England
In the quiet village of Fulmodeston, the ruins of a medieval church remain hidden among vines and foliage.
Thursford, England
A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.
Wells-next-the-Sea, England
A 15th-century house single-handedly disassembled then reassembled bit by bit 100 miles away.
King's Lynn, England
The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.
Hunstanton, England
All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.
Spalding, England
"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.
Manchester, England
This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.
Munich, Germany
One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Vijayapura, India
This 17th-century mausoleum is topped with an acoustic marvel.
London, England
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.