Places Edited by Kate Burton

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Constructed during the 7th century this is one of the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England.

The last known resting place of the king who united England.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

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

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.