Places LeslieDriskill Wants to Go

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

Believed to be the largest single-stemmed oak tree in England.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

In this scale model, our neighboring planets are represented by metal spheres spread across an English village. The nearest stars are represented by spheres in California and Australia.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

The last remains of a long-demolished estate.

This circular artwork represents the ancient microscopic organisms that created the chalk foundations of the North Downs Way.

Flying high, this unusual hornet statue celebrates the local soccer team formerly owned by Elton John.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.

One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

An Art Nouveau church decorated in mother-of-pearl and aluminum.

The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.