London, England
King Henry's Mound
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
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London, England
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
Welford-on-Avon, England
One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.
Wardington, England
In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.
Hove, England
This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.
Todmorden, England
A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Tisbury, England
Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.
Worcester, England
Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Elsdon, England
A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.
Beverley, England
Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster.
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.
Bude, England
A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.
Cambridge, England
An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.
Liverpool, England
Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.
Liverpool, England
Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.
Crosstown, England
This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.
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.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
England
The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.
Kerry, Ireland
Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.
Washington, D.C.
A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.