Places cloudyrose Wants to Go

This tiny triangular cottage is one of a kind in England, and has housed everything from a watchmaker's studio to coffin storage.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

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

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.