Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A wonderful safe haven founded in the 1960s to rescue endangered monkeys from the pet trade.

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

The world's shortest funicular ferries beachgoers a whopping 128 feet from clifftop to shore.

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.

A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.

This breathtakingly beautiful botanical garden is home to a mob of wonderful wallabies.

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

This Victorian footbridge over the River Tees was originally built to carry water from the high moorland to the industrial towns on the coast.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.