Places Whit Wants to Go

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

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

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.