Places jessicacripps Wants to Go

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.