Places jordank Wants to Go

A tiny house showcases the busy life of a local gnome.

A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.

Unknown to many, this is where items not displayed in a Dutch history of science museum are held.

Albert Einstein would often sit in this chair during visits to the observatory to discuss science with Willem de Sitter.

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A recreation of a sign that Charles Dickens used to see on his walk home.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.