Places amathison86 Wants to Go

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

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

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

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

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.