4. Skiddaw House, England
High on the foggy slopes of Skiddaw Mountain, Skiddaw House sits alone; 3.5 miles from the nearest road and surrounded by nothing but wild, open land. Once a hunting lodge, now an off-grid hostel, it runs on solar power and spring water.
Described by novelist Hugh Walpole as “one of the loneliest dwelling-places in all the British Isles,” it’s a true escape into silence and sky.