Exmouth, England
A La Ronde
Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Exmouth, England
Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Oakley, England
A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.
Wimborne Minster, England
The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.
Little Wittenham, England
For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.
Witney, England
A renovated henge and stone circle just south of Stanton Harcourt village.
Fairford, England
A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.
Swindon, England
There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.
Faringdon, England
The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Poundbury, England
Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.
Port Eynon, Wales
This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Somerset, England
The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.
Somerset, England
One of the best-preserved examples of an old town lock-up in the country.
Swindon, England
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
Swindon, England
This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.
Vienna, Austria
A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Botallack, Cornwall
These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.
Madron, England
Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.
Cornwall, England
A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.