Places AbsoluteNomad Wants to Go

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.