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

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

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

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

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

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

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

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

A single oak tree rises out of the waters of Loch Lomond.

This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.