Places Franny Mac Wants to Go

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

Collapsed television tower finds new life as a control tower for boat races.

This tribute to a beloved cricket umpire is a magnet for risqué pranksters.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

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

The first museum in the United Kingdom dedicated to this woodwind instrument.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.