Places Jessicarp Wants to Go

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

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

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

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

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.