Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

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

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

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

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

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

London's largest outsider art museum.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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