Cambridge, England
Ascension Parish Burial Ground
The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.
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Cambridge, England
The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.
Kilpeck, England
Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.
Salisbury, England
Along a Roman road flanked with beech trees hides a tale of wizardry and xenophobia.
North Nibley, England
A 160-year-old tower built in honor of a scholar who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible.
Warwickshire, England
The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.
Bristol, England
The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
Pembroke, Wales
A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.
Castlemartin, Wales
Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.
Llanelli, Wales
Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Bristol, England
Ornamented with "Bristol Diamonds," this exotic shell grotto is considered to be the finest surviving example from the eighteenth century.
Peterborough, England
A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.
Wiltshire, England
This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
Devizes, England
In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.
Salisbury, England
Several Iron Age artifacts were discovered during excavations of this ancient site.
Weymouth, England
The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.
Pontywaun, Wales
An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Caerphilly, Wales
The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.
Llangennith, Wales
A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.