Places alykat Wants to Go

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.