London, England
The Mayflower Pub
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
Places Kate Burton Wants to Go
300
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
The Monty Python Foot
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England
Ruins of the Crystal Palace
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
Temple Church
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
Traffic Light Tree
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
The Old Curiosity Shop
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
Crossbones Graveyard
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
Novelty Automation
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
Ishinomaki, Japan
Cat Island
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Prague, Czechia
The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House of Salem
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Supai, Arizona
Havasupai Falls
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
New York, New York
Mysterious Bookshop
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
