Places piccolo8va Wants to Go

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

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

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

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

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

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

The world's oldest model village.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

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

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

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

A student driver's nightmare.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."