This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

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

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

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

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.