Places beckedmenson Wants to Go

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

A replica of one of the most complete mammoth skeletons discovered in England.

Constructed 20 years ago, this sculpture is slowly fading to the hands of time.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

Three stone bridges straddling the River Gowy form part of the medieval road from London to Holyhead—despite a common nickname, they're not Roman.

The former home of a railway legend and the site of a gigantic labyrinth.