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Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

If God were a skater, this would clearly be His park of choice.

Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

Once a year, a sandbar rises from the depths just in time for the world's weirdest match.

A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.