Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

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

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.