Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

A secret meeting in this small cottage changed the course of British history.

The lesser-known of just two Japanese Gardens in Ireland stands as a memorial to an obscure but fascinating travel writer and journalist

The grave of Karl Eversberg is another grave of a fallen soldier, but Karl's story is one of revenge, defiance in the face of defeat, and the final act of WW1

A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.

A 4000-year-old stone circle, comfortably surrounded by a modern Scottish neighbourhood and the local fire station

A memorial honouring a Czech pilot standing on the bank of Loch Doon

An old girls school hidden in a wood

A rare example of one of the world's first printed books

This woven willow statue represents a popular local breed of beef cattle in SW Scotland

The remaining public face of the factory which made many of Britain's red letterboxes and iconic red telephone call boxes

An amazing house in a park in the middle of Falkirk

Many of the tombs contain victims of yellow fever epidemics.

Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.

Engineering ingenuity during the battle of Gibraltar.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

A striking symbol of the Troubles, this semi-demolished prison was home to the largest prison escape in the history of the British Isles.

The pyramid-shaped grave of one of the first mountain astronomers and a pyramid theorist.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

This gravestone tells the tragic tale of its occupant's death.

The final resting place of Dicky Pearce, the last court jester in England.

This local celebrity earned his fame by doing a job no one else dared.

This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.

This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.