Places IanFry Wants to Go

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

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

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

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.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

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

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.