Saint Austell, England
Lost Gardens of Heligan
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
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Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Nottingham, England
Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
Craighat, Scotland
A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Palma, Spain
A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.
Alicante, Spain
A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Budapest, Hungary
A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.
Budapest, Hungary
A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.
Budapest, Hungary
Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.