Places georgecaley Wants to Go

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

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

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

England's most notorious suicide spot.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.