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Canterbury

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Canterbury, England

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Crooked House

Canterbury, England

Crooked House

This skewed English house has looked like its going to fall over for centuries.

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Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury, England

The Great Cloister and Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

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Herne Bay Museum

Herne Bay, England

Herne Bay Museum

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

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One of the museum's dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Birchington-on-Sea, England

Powell-Cotton Dioramas

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

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Folkestone White Horse.

Folkestone, England

Folkestone White Horse

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

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The piece bears some resemblance to designs of eastern European origin.

The Lady in the Woods

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small wood is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

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Skull and bones in the crypt

St. Leonard's Church Basement Ossuary

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

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Atlas Obscura Trips

Folklore and Magic of Southern England

Nov 1—Nov 6, 2018

Mythical castles and ancient witchcraft, ecological biomes and fairy-tale forests, sea tractors and flaming tar barrels—all this awaits you on our one-of-a-kind exploration of southern England's historic haunts and eccentric traditions.

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