Places eleanordawnjames Wants to Go

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

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

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

This Edwardian workhouse tells a harrowing story of those who were forced to trade hard labor for lodging.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

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

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.