Places AKJ Wants to Go

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

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

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

A renovated henge and stone circle just south of Stanton Harcourt village.

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

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

According to legend, this is the site where a blind horse killed a local witch.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

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

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.