Places grrrlbrarian Wants to Go

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

Legend says the water within these mysterious sacred springs stays cold even when boiled.

The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

An octagonal folly tower overlooking the sea.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

A small plaque highlights the damage caused by German air raids during World War II.

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.