Places Sparks19 Wants to Go

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

Despite its ornamental looks, this towering Tuscan-inspired anomaly was a masterpiece in hydraulic engineering.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.

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

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.

A replica of the famed statue far from home.

This former sewage pumping station is now a fascinating museum.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

How did a literal hole in a wall become one of the top-rated tourist attractions in this English town?

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.