Places janeylo73 Wants to Go

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This incredible viaduct was part of the Victorian railway boom and helped the Midland Railway navigate tough terrain.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

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

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

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

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

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

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

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.