Places Flaneuse Wants to Go

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.

This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

This blue plaque commemorates the unexpected origin of one of the world's most beloved deserts.

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.

Eat and drink at a pub older than the Magna Carta

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

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

Dating back to the Pre-Roman Iron Age, this piece of bread is Europe's oldest surviving formed bakery product.

Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.

An omelette made with over 1,000 eggs may have been prepared when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V visited this monastery.