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

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.

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

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

A small waterfall tucked away in the forest of Harmby Gill.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

This magnificent arch is all that remains of a former smelt mill.

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

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

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

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

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.