Places AAA Wants to Go

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

A quirky statue in Bermondsey made by 100 public participants with goggles, chisels, and mallets.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

A former Victorian swimming pool is now a tranquil and secluded park.

This cauldron was said to be hidden inside a church after it was borrowed from a local witch.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

An ancient yew tree and holy well nestle beside a remarkable 13th-century church.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.