Places stevehope1 Wants to Go

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

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

For the deepest sleep of your life, head 1,375 feet underground in Wales.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

From a distance it looks like a real castle, but up close everything is slightly too small.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

These lamps were created to expel sewer gases after an event known as The Great Stink.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

A trove of history focused on Marks & Spencer, the British department store.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

This remote Scottish cave has been a site of Christian pilgrimage for many centuries.