Places lukefishfrench Wants to Go

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

Named for the biblical warrior, the largest castle in Israel actually dates to the Middle Ages.

A surprisingly approachable statue of the man who dominated King Henry VIII's government.

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

The remains of a historic kiln once used to produce the famous Rockingham porcelain.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.