Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

The world's oldest model village.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

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

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.