Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.