Places mikkitta Wants to Go

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

Ornamented with "Bristol Diamonds," this exotic shell grotto is considered to be the finest surviving example from the eighteenth century.

Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.

This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

An array of ancient artifacts from Bronze Age Bristol and other civilizations are housed in this museum.

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.