Places katemonkey Wants to Go

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The home studio one of Britain's first independent record producers is also the site of a murder-suicide.