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Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Rising from the water like rusty invaders out of H.G. Wells, the Maunsell Army Forts in ...

The Maunsell Forts were built during World War II to defend Britain's coast from enemy aircraft. Constructed in the 1940s, these massive steel and concrete structures rose out of the sea like small ...

The UK is home to many fascinating places, from historic cities like York and Colchester to abandoned train graveyards like the one in Yorkshire. But there is another spot that many people might not ...

These eye-opening towers standing deep in the ocean were built to protect the UK against a Nazi invasion, but to those seeing them for the first time, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were on the ...

A teacher will become only the second woman in the world to attempt a daunting challenge off the Kent coast this summer. Jess Laurent, 34, will need all the courage and stamina she can muster when she ...