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

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

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

A 13th-century inn where the ill-fated King Charles I spent his last night of freedom.

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

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

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

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

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

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

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

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

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

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.