Places ladyloreli Wants to Go

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

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

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

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

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

These underground shelters dug by the Japanese during World War II later helped Timor-Leste achieve its independence.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.