Places michaelfrolekturner Wants to Go

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

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

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

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

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.