Places amtneer Wants to Go

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

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

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.