Places anethompson Wants to Go

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.