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On a site with a long military history, a 1980s shelter.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.