Places hthornton631 Wants to Go

The remains of a remote village that once housed over 1,200 dam workers and their families.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

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

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

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

The old Workhouse in Ripon was the last resort for the poor of the district from 1834 until the birth of the British welfare state in the mid 20th century. It is now a poignant museum reminding us of the harshness of the Victorian poor law regime.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

Over 300 historical instruments from around the world can be found in the Royal Northern College of Music's basement.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

The former home of one of the U.K.’s most notable families of suffragettes is now a museum dedicated to women’s rights.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.