A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

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

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

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

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

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.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Catacombs turned marketplace.