London, England
Magic Circle Museum
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
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London, England
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Liverpool, England
Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.
Chester, England
A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Chester, England
A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.
West Stockwith, England
In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Peterborough, England
Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Chesterfield, England
The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Mow Cop, England
This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.
Minsterworth, England
This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.
Painswick, England
Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.
Oxford, England
This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Oxford, England
J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Cheltenham, England
Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.
Oxford, England
The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.