Places IanFry Wants to Go

A Victorian Fort built into the chalky cliffs that overlook the English Channel.

Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.

A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

These remnants of Old London Bridge possess unique acoustics that allow for whispered conversations to carry from one side to the other.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

Crafted by one of the first makers of stoneware in England.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.