The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

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

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

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

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.

This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The Birthplace of the Englishman who founded the A.C. Milan football club.

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.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

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

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

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

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.