Places Banny Wants to Go

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

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

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

Packed with geological formations, an ancient river, and taxidermied seals, this overlooked coastal cave system is worth a spelunk.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

These curious rocks located in the Lake District include several strange inscriptions of famous names.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

A beautiful bronze statue of the greatest fossil hunter of the 19th century.