Places Fab1 Wants to Go

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.

The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.