Lyme Regis, England
Lyme Regis Museum
A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.
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Lyme Regis, England
A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
Ottery Saint Mary, England
Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.
Wellington, England
Standing atop Wellington Hill is the world's tallest three-sided obelisk.
Woolfardisworthy, England
The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.
Yelverton, England
The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.
Torcross, England
A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.
Totnes, England
One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.
Beer, England
This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.
Exeter, England
These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.
Launceston, England
A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.
Cornwall, England
A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
Launceston, England
Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.
Trethevy, England
These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.
Crosstown, England
This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
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.