Foss, England
Lythe Mill
The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.
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Foss, England
The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.
Whitby, England
This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.
Botallack, Cornwall
These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Redruth, England
A 14th century castle built on the seat of a mighty giant.
Ponsanooth, England
A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Roche, England
This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Minions, England
Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Kingswear, England
Successful single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat was a wish said to be granted at the well.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Devon, England
This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.
Beer, England
This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.
Portland, England
This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.