This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This overgrown Victorian chapel made of corrugated metal looks utterly out of place.

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

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

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

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

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

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.