Places AKJ Wants to Go

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

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

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The site of an early Arthurian battle and the dwelling-place of prehistoric people and (possibly) an ancient race of giants.

Legend has it that this stone moves down to the river sometimes to have a drink.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

A museum dedicated to Wales’ favorite—and strangest-looking—watercraft.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

The seaside ruins of an ancient salt production facility.

This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

A watering hole from the late 1800s in the heart of the Campsie Fells.