The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

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

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.