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

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.

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

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

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

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

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

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

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

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

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

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

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

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

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.