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The Perth Mint

Perth, Australia

The Perth Mint

This Western Australian mint was established during the height of the Australian gold rush.

A collection of 8 coffins with their lids and carved figures, found in a rocky niche on the north-eastern slopes of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, in June 1836. © National Museums Scotland (used with permission)

Edinburgh, Scotland

Burke & Hare Murder Dolls

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

A street in the close.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Mary King’s Close

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Inside the Pool Park Asylum

Ruthin, Wales

Pool Park Asylum

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

The Bures Dragon.

Bures, England

Bures Dragon

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

The Gilwell Oak

Essex, England

The Gilwell Oak

The history of this famed tree ranges from an 18th-century highway robber, to the Scout Association.

The Naze Tower on the Naze

Essex, England

The Naze and Naze Tower

This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.

The Manningtree Ox

Manningtree, England

The Manningtree Ox

This sculpture pays homage to Shakespeare and his reference to a Manningtree tradition.

Old Harkilees in Braintree Museum.

Essex, England

Old Harkilees

This wooden effigy believed to be King Charles I hung for centuries outside an inn and was mistaken for a deity.

Dutch Cottage

Rayleigh, England

Dutch Cottage

This octagonal cottage is the smallest and the oldest council house in the United Kingdom.

Wine Tower. (Creative Commons)

Stansted, England

Angel Wine Tower

Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.

Pig’s Head in the Pottage Pot Gant

Braintree, England

The 'Gants' of Braintree

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

Greensted Church

Ongar, England

Greensted Church

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

The Treehouse Sanctuary | Attic | San Phra Phum (The House of the Spirits) | 1965 | Tonlé Sap, Cambodia

Great Dunmow, England

Talliston House & Gardens

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

The causeway from Wakering Stairs.

Southend-on-Sea, England

The Broomway

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The memorial.

Colchester, England

Essex Witch Hunt Victims Memorial

Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.

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