Places jessicacripps Wants to Go

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

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

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.