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Cornwall, England

Tregothnan

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
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Jodhpur, India

Mehrangarh Fort

This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Sound

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Russian Museum of Military Medicine

Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.
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Prague, Czechia

Vinárna Čertovka

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
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Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Balbals of Oskemen

Stelae-eyed stones greet visitors to a corner of Kirov Park.
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Levashovo, Russia

Levashovo Memorial Cemetery

Pictures tacked onto trees remember the more than 40,000 of Stalin's victims buried here in mass graves.
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London, England

Brixton Windmill

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.
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Bishop Auckland, England

Auckland Castle Deer House

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.
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London, England

Down Street Underground Station

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
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Preston, England

Preston Bus Station

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.
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Crail, Scotland

Crail Airfield

Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.
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Nottinghamshire, England

Saint Edwin's Chapel Cross

This lonely metal cross may hint at the true location of a medieval showdown between Christian and Pagan kingdoms.
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Brighton, England

Old Time Amusements

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.
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Warwickshire, England

Dick's Lane Bridge

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.
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Ilkeston, England

Scala Cinema

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.
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Heckington, England

Heckington 8-Sail Windmill

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.
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Withernsea, England

The Sandcastle

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.
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Coventry, England

Ford's Hospital

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
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Halifax, England

Wainhouse Tower

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.
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Covehithe, England

Ruins of St Andrew's Covehithe

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.
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Barrow-in-Furness, England

Furness Abbey

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
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Wentworth, England

Wentworth Woodhouse

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.
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Wakefield, England

Sandal Castle

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.
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