Alnwick, England
Alnwick Poison Garden
The sign at the garden gate reads: āThese Plants Can Kill.ā
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Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: āThese Plants Can Kill.ā
Mansfield, England
An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Alderwasley, England
This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Birchover, England
This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.
Stanton Lees, England
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Hope Valley, England
Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.
Hope Valley, England
A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
Bakewell, England
Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.
Bamford, England
This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Arkwright Town, England
When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.
Hope Valley, England
There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillsideĀ and no one is quite sure how it got there.
England
The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.
Derbyshire, England
This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.
Sheffield, England
Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Thurgoland, England
A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.
Deepcar, England
A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.