Places Will Wants to Go

On a site with a long military history, a 1980s shelter.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.