Places johnw404 Wants to Go

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?

A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."