Places chalkport Wants to Go

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

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

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

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

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.