Places kendallmbailey Wants to Go

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

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.