This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

This historic former textile mill now houses a brewery, hotel, and what's believed to be the longest bar in the United Kingdom.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.