Places jow22 Wants to Go

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

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

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

A movable feast that is an East London institution.

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.