Places rosieL Wants to Go

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

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

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

This 600-year-old tower was built as a comfy residence for cherished pigeons.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.