Gruyères, Switzerland
H.R. Giger Museum
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
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Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Glasgow, Scotland
This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.
Glasgow, Scotland
This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.
Brighton, England
A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
Mow Cop, England
This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.
Hartfield, England
The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Tisbury, England
Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.
Manchester, England
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.
Chislehurst, England
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
Stow-on-the-Wold, England
This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".