Places David Stephenson Wants to Go

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

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

Despite being 30 miles from the coast, this suburb is home to a lighthouse thanks to a permitting loophole.

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

A monument reduced to a quarter of its original height proves that size isn't everything.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

A small statue shaped like the grill of a Rolls-Royce marks the suburban location where the company’s first automobiles were manufactured.

The construction of this bridge dates back to the 15th century.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

One of the techniques used to construct this 1797 mill was later incorporated into modern skyscrapers.

One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.

The oldest standing building on Merseyside is special for its rich history as a Benedictine monastery and its unique connection to the origins of the Mersey Ferry.

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.

A reconstructed section of a Roman bathhouse sits next to an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.