Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.