Places chalkport Wants to Go

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

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

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.