Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.

The painting on an aptly named street honors the 1980s slasher movie.

A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.

Aliens and monsters lurk inside this museum dedicated to one man's lifelong adoration of all things sci-fi.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.

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

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

This breathtakingly beautiful botanical garden is home to a mob of wonderful wallabies.

A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

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