Places nellie Wants to Go

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

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

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

This mural honoring a drowned village has become a symbol of Welsh pride and patriotism.

This whimsical public art installation is a unique homage to Liverpool's industrial heritage.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This museum is a portal to 20th-century Denmark.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

These early 19th-century kilns were used to make coke, a key Ingredient in steel production.

This abandoned limestone quarry now provides visitors with multiple, breathtaking viewpoints.

A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.