Places johnw404 Wants to Go

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.

One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.

This rare aquatic phenomenon is one of the more accessible tidal bores in Morecambe Bay.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.

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

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.

A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.

This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.

An unusual artwork dedicated to a unique man that entertained people visiting Cambridge while raising money for charity.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.