Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.

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

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

A house that transports visitors back to Yugoslavia.

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.

The Dublin sea wall draws walkers, photographers, and fishing enthusiasts.

The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in the family since 1798.

Seek out ‘The Devil’s Court’ in this concert venue located in a former monastery run by an order of Teutonic knights.

Since 1999, this bakery has been turning out the dreamiest tortes in the Slovenian capital.

The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.

Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.

Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.

This metallic cross was most likely the last thing a condemned person would see while on the gallows.

Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.