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

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.