Portland, England
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park
This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.
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Portland, England
This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Claines, England
This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Keld, England
The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.
England
The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.
Lancaster, England
A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.
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.
London, England
Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Cambridge, England
Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.
Bristol, England
England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
London, England
Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.
Bray, England
You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
London, England
This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.