A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

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

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

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

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

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

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

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

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.