Places gabbysimms Wants to Go

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.