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The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

A pirate is laid to rest at St. Nicholas Church.

The southernmost toilet in the British Isles.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

A wonderful safe haven founded in the 1960s to rescue endangered monkeys from the pet trade.

Tucked away in this local museum is a piece of sporting equipment that dates to the 16th-century.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

A single oak tree rises out of the waters of Loch Lomond.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.