Sezincote, England
Sezincote Estate
A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.
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Sezincote, England
A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Odiham, England
A rare survivor from the age of plagues.
Great Dunmow, England
An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.
London, England
An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."
London, England
The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.
London, England
A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.
London, England
What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.
London, England
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
London, England
Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.
London, England
The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.
Rhyl, Wales
Britain's oldest miniature railway.
Abergele, Wales
After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Colwyn Bay, Wales
Britain's oldest permanent theatre designed and built for puppets.
Llandudno, Wales
This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Cenarth, Wales
A museum dedicated to Wales’ favorite—and strangest-looking—watercraft.
Newchapel, Wales
This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.