Places Viator Wants to Go

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

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

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

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

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.