Places jadecrookes Wants to Go

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

An interactive museum where visitors can play through the evolution of video games.

A unique tribute to the chocolatey past that helped shape one British city.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Housed in a former air raid shelter, this museum is dedicated to the history of computing and video games.

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

The world's largest permanent architectural projection display entertains audiences nightly with 28-story light shows.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Visit Europe's largest subterranean waterfall, carved by water from the glaciers of the towering peaks surrounding the valley.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.