Places Madeleine Wants to Go

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

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

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