Newton Abbot, England
Hound Tor
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
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Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Birchover, England
This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Roche, England
This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.
London, England
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
Launceston, England
Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.
Lancaster, England
A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Buxton, England
These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.
London, England
This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.
Glastonbury, England
In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Winchester, England
This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Oxford, England
The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
London, England
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
Dunwich, England
A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.
London, England
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.