Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.

This industrial museum is based on one of the oldest standing iron forges in the U.K.

This small crenelated building was built by a British aristocrat who supported the American Revolution and may have named it in memory of a pivotal battle.

This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

This small building nestled along the Dove River is seen by some as the birthplace of angling as a sport.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

English parliaments were once convened by this ancient oak tree in the heart of Sherwood Forest.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.