Places katemonkey Wants to Go

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.