Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.

Beautiful Victorian mansion on Cardiff's outskirts was once the family home of a South Wales coal mining dynasty.

Sitting in a quiet field just west of Cardiff is a well-preserved megalithic burial chamber, topped with a 40-ton capstone

Near where the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition launched, there is a monument to 'Scott of the Antarctic'

What was once the world's second largest slate quarry is now a surreal post-industrial landscape

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

This is Britain's one and only clock concealed in the pavement.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

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Where spies were trained, the Cold War found its first whistleblower, and James Bond was born.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

This toothy tower topper commemorates a valuable shark that washed ashore nearby.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

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

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world