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Earl's Court Police Box

London, England

Earl's Court Police Box

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Brompton Cemetery

London, England

Brompton Cemetery

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The Lost Caves.

Nottingham, England

The Lost Caves

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

Bathed in sunlight.

Glenfinnan, Scotland

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Plaque marking the Texan Embassy

London, England

The Embassy of the Republic of Texas

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The Morpeth Arms is now a regular pub, with a dark history below ground.

London, England

The Morpeth Arms

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies

London, England

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The Old Curiosity Shop

London, England

The Old Curiosity Shop

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A Nicobar Tree Shrew in the Grant Museum of Zoology

London, England

Grant Museum of Zoology

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The Churchill War Rooms

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The quaint and well-preserved Goodwin's Court.

London, England

Goodwin's Court

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Alnwick Poison Garden

Alnwick, England

Alnwick Poison Garden

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown

London, England

Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

The Temple of Nodens, Lydney Park.

Gloucestershire, England

Lydney Camp

Home to the ancient Roman temple of a lesser-known Celtic god that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft.

Parkes Radio Telescope

Parkes, Australia

Parkes Radio Telescope

This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

Three Sisters

Katoomba, Australia

Three Sisters

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Sycamore Gap in 2022

Henshaw, England

Sycamore Gap

Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.

Diósgyőr Castle

Miskolc, Hungary

Diósgyőr Castle

This castle played host to the largest great hall found in medieval Central Europe.

Foxton Locks

Foxton, England

Foxton Locks

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

John Rattray Statue

Edinburgh, Scotland

John Rattray Statue

The man who helped establish the first rules of golf.

The church of Angoville-au-Plain

Angoville-au-Plain, France

Angoville-au-Plain Church

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

The Norman cavalry charge being met with Anglo Saxon spearmen.

Bayeux, France

Bayeux Tapestry

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Normandy American Cemetery

Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Alien as "The Leviathan"

Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France

The Grotesques of the Chapel of Bethlehem

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

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