Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

A remote gravestone on the moor marks the spot where a teacher's body was found under mysterious circumstances that remain inexplicable.

A beautiful Georgian church alongside the Thames has a crypt in the basement, in which are buried the bodies of the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold, his wife Peggy, and their daughter Sophia.

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.

The castle used by the Danish Royal Family as a hunting retreat.

This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.

Legend has it that this church faced a troll problem, leading to the affixing of a stone face of Satan above the entrance to deter further encounters.

This tiny cottage was the birthplace of the father of the US Navy

In memory of a courageous Scottish missionary who was murdered in Auschwitz for helping Jewish girls

This former private hunting lodge is now the highest residential hotel in Scotland

A major Buddhist temple, monastery and study centre in southern Scotland

These ruins of a Gothic church hold the tomb of Princess Margaret, Lady of Galloway

A stone burial chamber that was also the site of religious rituals.

A Taiwanese garden teems with the retired statues of the island's former dictator.

A snapshot of Scottish folklore and magical heritage.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.

This was Allied HQ during D-Day! Eisenhower was there and you can visit the ACTUAL MAP he looked at on that day.

Since 1877, the characters of Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” have been keeping time in this Leeds arcade.

This is a century-old World War defence bunker which was ruined and condemned, and is now restored and re-purposed as a 'Living History' asset.

A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Discover the unique history of Durham from the 14th century to the present day.

Hidden under a shopping centre is the genesis of modern Liverpool.

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.