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Swindon, England

Britain's Secret Underground Bunkers

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.
Birmingham, England

Newman Brothers Coffin Works

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Birmingham, England

Curzon Street Station

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Oxford, England

The Norrington Room

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.
Northleach, England

Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music

Music boxes like you've never imagined.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Garden of Heroes and Villains

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.
Birkenhead, England

U-534

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
London, England

Crossbones Graveyard

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