Places Lacie Bracken Wants to Go

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A tribute to a child prodigy who died way too young.

A tumbling waterfall near a narrow passage that was used to herd cattle for hundreds of years.

This uniquely shaped rock formation is one of Scotland's most iconic mountains and gives spectacular views in all directions.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.

The first Chinese student to graduate from a European university.

The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.

A re-purposed wooden sculpture, depicting one of Scotland's most beloved writer's amphibious creations.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

A distinctive building that incorporates a mythical beast into its architecture.

This Scottish bay still reveals evidence of its days as a seaside swimming pool.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

This carved memorial is dedicated to the miners who died working in the town's collieries.

This man-made waterfall was designed to help improve access for spawning salmon.