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Almost nothing but earthworks remain of this long-lost castle.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

In England, a barn-turned-wedding venue dates back to the 13th century.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

These "bridges" help confused bats cross the road.

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

This whimsical public art installation is a unique homage to Liverpool's industrial heritage.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.