Windsor, England
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One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.
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Windsor, England
One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.
Kidderminster, England
Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.
Cheltenham, England
Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.
Bray, England
You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
London, England
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Congleton, England
This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Bath, England
With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Allerton Mauleverer, England
This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.