Places katec8100 Wants to Go

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

It holds a fabulously designed tribute to astronomer Edmond Halley.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

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

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

A surprising relic of WWII, sitting boldly in a Marseille street.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.