Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

These abandoned coal mine towers near Sherwood Forest might soon boast the U.K.’s longest zip-line.

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

A mysterious medieval monument said to mark the final resting place of Robin Hood’s henchman.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

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

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

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Walk through abandoned anti-Russian military tunnels on this volcano at the head of Auckland Harbor.

Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

A bronze statue to commemorate an Auckland library's beloved feline resident.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Inventive brewers use NSW ingredients to dream up flavorful beers made with local honey, native raspberries, and Mariposa plums.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.