The magic's in the hole!

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This miraculous well is said to heal the sick, grant wishes, and tell the future.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

This neolithic stone was once used for ceremonial practices similar to its neighbor Stonehenge.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

On moonless nights, it's said that you can still hear the church bell of a village that was swept out of the dunes and lost to the rising sea.

These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.