Places AbsoluteNomad Wants to Go

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

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

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

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

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

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

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.