Places piccolo8va Wants to Go

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

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

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.