Places Eldrities Wants to Go

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.