Places iemjaxemail Wants to Go

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.