This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

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

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."