Places iammoosie Wants to Go

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

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

This Victorian gate contains cryptic inscriptions in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

This lonely metal cross may hint at the true location of a medieval showdown between Christian and Pagan kingdoms.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

Mysterious stone faces line a hidden path great for seeing wildflowers, bird watching, and rock climbing.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.

On this small spit of land, the person who runs the public house is considered the King of Piel Island.

This tower was created by the area's vicar as a shelter for exhausted travelers, complete with a fireplace and breathtaking views.

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

The former seat of power for the Balliol dynasty.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.