Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

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.

This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.

A movable feast that is an East London institution.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

This windmill is believed to be the oldest in the British Isles.

A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

The incredible private taxidermy collection of an eccentric zoologist.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Believed to be the first museum dedicated to the films in the world.