Places Gareth Hacking Wants to Go

A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.

Outside a paint factory north of Manchester's city center, an inexplicable submarine sticking out of the ground.

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

A grand mansion in rural mid-Wales gifted to the Welsh people by two sisters.

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

An abandoned, desolate train tunnel that was used during World War II.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

This unique sculptural clock transforms into a periscope every hour.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.