Places mossuary Wants to Go

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.