Places jakeesc81 Wants to Go

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

This 820-foot-high spiral ramp is a walkway to the sky.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A student driver's nightmare.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.