Places michaelhordern Wants to Go

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A massive glacial deposit that includes a carved staircase to reach the top.

One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

The site of the first international football match.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.