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England

Canterbury, England

West Gate Tower Museum

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

Lythe Mill

The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.

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Podcast: Merrymount

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange stories.

The Podcast Team March 30, 2021

Meet the Man Who Walked from York to Hastings in Medieval Armor

He was fighting not Normans, but the stigma of mental illness.

Matthew Taub October 21, 2020

Sold: 53 Letters Deciphered by a Groundbreaking English Codebreaker

Cagey about his methods, John Wallis was a bit of a cipher himself.

Matthew Taub October 7, 2020

See the Mysterious Horned Helmet of Henry VIII

Lyndhurst, England

Bolton's Bench

According to legend, a noble knight and a terrible dragon lie beneath this storied hill.

Farnham, England

Waverley Abbey

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

The Museum of Youth Culture Wants Your Teenage Memories

Your awkward, rebellious stage, it turns out, is history.

Matthew Taub May 20, 2020

For Sale: The Wooden Stage From The Beatles' First Concert

Including its old Victorian-era nails.

Matthew Taub March 24, 2020

London, England

Supper Club Tube

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

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America's First Banned Book Really Ticked Off the Plymouth Puritans

The author, known as the "Lord of Misrule," had the audacity to erect a maypole in Massachusetts.

Matthew Taub November 1, 2019

Australia's First Published Dictionary Was Dedicated to 'Convict Slang'

The "flash" language reflected the makeup of the British penal colony at the time.

Matthew Taub October 7, 2019

Found: 2,500 Medieval Coins, and Evidence of Tax Evasion

Making heads or tails of a discovery in southwestern England.

Matthew Taub August 28, 2019

The World's Shortest War Ended Less Than an Hour After It Started

But it’s not easy to say how long the Anglo-Zanzibar War actually was.

Isaac Schultz July 29, 2019

For Sale: 40 Years of Vinyl Singles That Topped the British Charts

Tim Claydon collected each and every No. 1 record released between 1952 and 1992.

Matthew Taub July 5, 2019

Found: The Original Home of England's Doomed '9-Day Queen'

Stone structures beneath Bradgate House may be the real birthplace of Lady Jane Grey.

Jonathan Carey July 1, 2019

This Could Be England's Earliest Known Christian Burial

Sixteen years of research have revealed the secrets of a major excavation.

Matthew Taub May 13, 2019