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The world's first consecrated windmill.

The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

Several Iron Age artifacts were discovered during excavations of this ancient site.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

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

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.