Salisbury, England
The Witches Tree
Along a Roman road flanked with beech trees hides a tale of wizardry and xenophobia.
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Salisbury, England
Along a Roman road flanked with beech trees hides a tale of wizardry and xenophobia.
Stockbridge, England
One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.
Odiham, England
It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.
Llanthony, Wales
The remains of one of Wales’ great medieval buildings, with a pub in the cellar.
Pontypool, Wales
Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.
Caerphilly, Wales
This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Mansfield, England
An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Chesterfield, England
A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
Nottingham, England
The English Civil War began right here in 1642.
Derby, England
This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.
Leicester, England
More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Harrington, England
The Cold War remnants of a nuclear missile launch site in the Northamptonshire countryside.
Naseby, England
A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Clophill, England
A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”
Wellington, England
Standing atop Wellington Hill is the world's tallest three-sided obelisk.
Roche, England
This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.