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

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

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

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”

The sculptural remains of the last home of a legendary Dada artist.

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

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

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

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

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

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.