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Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

The much-beloved mascot of a local museum.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

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

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.