The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

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

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.