Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The excellent acoustics of this natural amphitheater made it a popular preaching spot for the founder of the Methodist Church.

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

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

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

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

A leafy, peaceful oasis nestled in the heart of Glasgow's busy south side.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.