Places remcrae Wants to Go

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.

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

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.