Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

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

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.