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Edinburgh, Scotland

Medieval Water Pipes

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.
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Slack Head, England

Fairy Steps

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.
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Devizes, England

Devizes Market Cross

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.
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Rowde, England

Caen Hill Locks

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.
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Bath, England

Beazer Garden Maze

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.
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Bradford-on-Avon, England

Town Bridge & Lock-up

This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.
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Salisbury, England

Medieval Clock

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.
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Bourton-on-the-Water, England

Dragonfly Maze

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

Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
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Bath and North East Somerset, England

Bailbrook Mission Tin Church

This overgrown Victorian chapel made of corrugated metal looks utterly out of place.
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Devizes, England

The Crammer

Legend says the people of Wiltshire got their "Moonraker" nickname from this small pond.
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Cardiff, Wales

Roman Walls of Cardiff Castle

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.
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Cardiff, Wales

Animal Wall at Cardiff Castle

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
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Cardiff, Wales

Ianto's Shrine

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.
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Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury Tor

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.
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Glastonbury, England

The White Spring

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.
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Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Cornwall, England

The Eden Project

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
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Bath, England

Pulteney Weir

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.
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Bratton, England

Westbury White Horse

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
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Tisbury, England

Old Wardour Castle

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.
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Weston-super-Mare, England

The Helicopter Museum

The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.
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Swindon, England

Swindon Magic Roundabout

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.
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Bristol, England

Blaise Hamlet

A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.
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