Places graemelovell Wants to Go

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.

This former football stadium seems almost abandoned but is still in use by the next generation of Scottish sports stars.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

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

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.