Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

The oldest working Brewery in Britain.

The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.