Places Newvena Wants to Go

A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

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

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

This lonely metal cross may hint at the true location of a medieval showdown between Christian and Pagan kingdoms.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

This lone tower casts an outstretched shadow over the site of a once-wealthy Knights Templar preceptory.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

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

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

The sculptural remains of the last home of a legendary Dada artist.