Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.

Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were the first famous conjoined twins in England, but it's not clear when they were born.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

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

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

This landmark overlooking Ramsbottom pays homage to Sir Robert Peel, repealer of the Corn Laws.

Death hangs in the air here, where a 17th-century gibbet has been erected on a Neolithic tomb.

The patches of trees pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.

A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.

A geological wonder shrouded in myth.

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

The house in the middle of the motorway.

A surprisingly approachable statue of the man who dominated King Henry VIII's government.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.