Places jspotter Wants to Go

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.