Places Dr Do Wants to Go

Once believed to be a sacred Roman legionary symbol, this bronze figure inspired the 1954 novel 'The Eagle of the Ninth.'

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

A boulder in the Churchyard of Down Cathedral marks the legendary burial place of "The Apostle of Ireland."

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

Site of the golf match between James Bond and Goldfinger.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.