Places frankclarkx Wants to Go

This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

A scale rocket of an Ariane 5 rocket serves as a monument to a pioneer of space science.

Was the ravaging reptilian that terrorized this village a dragon, or an escapee from a London menagerie?

This 19th century factory site was the birthplace of one of the British Army's most important materials and is now the home of a craft brewery.

A series of mysterious metal artwork adorn this harbor walkway.

The grand 14th-century gateway to the lost abbey of St Edmund

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

A plinth outside a church displays sculptures by local artists.

A reminder of a long-gone community and way of life on the River Tyne.

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This replica pays tribute to the first powered and sustained flight in the United Kingdom and the eccentric aviator who enabled it.

A giant chameleon, with a fascinating purpose.

Not only does this library house unique Arabic manuscripts, but it was also designed to keep the building cool during warm days.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

The first museum in Europe dedicated to the art of origami.

Over 80 years old, this hand-dug tunnel is a Chinese-style portal to another world.