The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

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

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

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

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

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

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

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

These ancient ruins were the final resting place of King Henry II's mistress.

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.