Places makanabender Wants to Go

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

From fortification to folly, this hilltop structure has undergone many changes in the last 800 years.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.