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

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.