Places Gamereg Wants to Go

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Abandoned tunnels dug for the once-thriving sea salt industry on the coast of southern Spain.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.