Places timbuktuk Wants to Go

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

A 14th century castle built on the seat of a mighty giant.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

This bridge once allowed Dere Street to cross the River Tees.

The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

A Brutalist monument in the middle of a housing estate by artist Victor Pasmore.

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.

Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

This original castle in Kendal is 1,000 years old.

This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.

A doorless and windowless folly in England that evokes curiosity over its mysterious origins.

One of the oldest Masonic buildings in England, and still in use today.

Dating back to the early 12th century, this is the first Augustinian priory established in England.

This building from the Middle Ages was dedicated to the patron saint of Norway.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.