Compton, England
Watts Cemetery Chapel
This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Compton, England
This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.
York, England
The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.
Buxton, England
This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.
Cleethorpes, England
This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."
London, England
A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.
Wadebridge, England
This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.
Alrewas, England
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Manchester, England
A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.
Medway, England
This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.
Llanymynech, England
A small village in two different countries.
Wick, Scotland
The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Cobham, England
Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.
Cardiff, Wales
The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.
Uley, England
You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.
Glasgow, Scotland
The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.
Cambridge, England
Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.
Ventnor, England
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
Stapleford, England
Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.
Glasgow, Scotland
The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.
Nantwich, England
Each year a new straw behemoth is born.
Coventry, England
Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.
London, England
This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.