Places michaelhordern Wants to Go

Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.

The influential philosopher's old residence is commemorated in a small English town.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

Where an 11th-century flying monk crash landed after attempting to take to the skies.

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

The abandoned railway bridge stands hidden in the farmland of rural Cumbria.

The remains of a remote village that once housed over 1,200 dam workers and their families.