Places daratheodora Wants to Go

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A small literary museum remembers the life and works of the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.