Places afoggyforest Wants to Go

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

You can enjoy a (possibly haunted) stay at the medieval Norman castle that was once a favorite hunting lodge of King John.

Home to the ancient Roman temple of a lesser-known Celtic god that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.