A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

The historic site where Queen Elizabeth I once gave a searing speech.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

A memorial to the British politician who spearheaded the National Health Service.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

This 500-year-old Tudor home is a treasure trove of history and mystery.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

Legend says the water within these mysterious sacred springs stays cold even when boiled.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.