Places mossuary Wants to Go

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

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

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.