This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

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

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

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

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

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

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

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

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.