Places Whit Wants to Go

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.