Places IanFry Wants to Go

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

This bright ship once guided vessels towards the Port of Southampton.

At 32 feet long, this swing is big enough for the whole family—and then some.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

Located in a heritage building, this Mickey D's is missing its Golden Arches.

This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.

These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

This tiny church is one of England's smallest.