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Conwy, Wales

Great Orme Summit Complex UFO Room

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.
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Manchester, England

Gnome Island

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.
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Harrogate, England

Old Swan Hotel

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.
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Cornwall, England

Lost Gardens of Heligan

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
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Goathland, England

Goathland Station

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.
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North Yorkshire, England

Wreck of the MV Creteblock

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.
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Whitby, England

Whitby Wishing Chair

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.
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Glasgow, Scotland

Duke of Wellington Statue

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
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Hull, England

England's Smallest Window

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.
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Hull, England

The Hull Mermaid

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
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England

Toad's Mouth

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.
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Derbyshire, England

Winnats Pass

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
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Stoke-on-Trent, England

Trentham Monkey Forest

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.
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Preston, England

Wallace and Gromit Statue

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.
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England

Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
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Hagley, England

Wychbury Obelisk

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.
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York, England

Lloyds Bank Coprolite

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.
Added by sharris
York, England

Hidden Wonders of York Minster

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.
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York, England

York Minster Astronomical Clock

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.
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York, England

Cat Statues of York

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
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Stanbury, England

Ponden Hall

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."
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Liverpool, England

Williamson Tunnels

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Midleton, Ireland

Punishment Book at Jameson Distillery

The whiskey producer's archives includes a historical list of infractions committed by and associated penalties exacted upon employees.
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Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Whiskey Fire

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.
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