Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

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

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

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

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

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

A magnificent mansion hides a delightful collection of historic timepieces.

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

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.