Places inesgmartins Wants to Go

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

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

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

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

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.