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Bury Saint Edmunds, England

The Nutshell Pub

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Suffolk, England

Principality of Sealand

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Dorset, England

Tyneham Ghost Village

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
London, England

William Blake's Home

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.
Tintagel, England

Tintagel Castle

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
London, England

Wellcome Collection & Library

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England

Coade Stone Caryatids

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
Grasmere, England

Dove Cottage

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
London, England

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?
Manchester, England

Mayfield Railway Station

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.
Southwold, England

Under the Pier Show

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
Cobham, England

Painshill Park Follies

Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.
Milton Keynes, England

Bletchley Park

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
London, England

Electric Avenue

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
East Molesey, England

The Great Vine

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.
London, England

Monument to the Unknown Artist

The London statue that imitates passersby.
Waterloo, England

'Another Place'

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Cornwall, England

Dozmary Pool

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.
London, England

Black Cats of Carreras Cigarette Factory

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
Rothwell, England

Rothwell Bone Crypt

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Hereford, England

Hereford Mappa Mundi

The largest known medieval map of the world.
London, England

Aldgate Pump

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
Bodmin, England

Bodmin Jail

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Nottinghamshire, England

Major Oak

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.