Places rikwilliams Wants to Go

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

A carved bench marks the Scottish cave that inspired the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.