Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.