Oxford, England
Duke Humfrey's Library at the Old Bodleian Library
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Oxford, England
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Oxford, England
Oxford Museum of the History of Science
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
England
Dennis Severs' House
A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
Wellcome Collection & Library
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.
Permanently Closed
Vancouver, British Columbia
Salmagundi West
Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Gastown Steam Clock
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Capilano Suspension Bridge
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.
La Push, Washington
Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
Forks, Washington
Hall of Mosses
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Sedona, Arizona
Chapel of the Holy Cross
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Stonington, Connecticut
Mystic Seaport Museum
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Adams National Historical Park
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Hull, Massachusetts
Georges Island
Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.
Jackson, New Hampshire
Mount Washington
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Millinocket, Maine
Mount Katahdin
The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.
