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A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

Students can borrow artwork from this gallery to display in their own residences.

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.