Places beckedmenson Wants to Go

This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.