Places emiliejayne Wants to Go

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.