Gravesend, England
The Resting Place of Pocahontas
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
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Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
England
A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Chesterfield, England
A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
London, England
This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
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.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.
Bodiam, England
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Pateley Bridge, England
The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.