Places lauramarconicox Wants to Go

This haunted corpse of a drive-in is now a graffiti-covered ruin.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

This lighthouse has been in operation since 1881, with an interesting connection to the RMS Titanic.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

In a small courtyard resides this large mural that draws inspiration from Leeds and its history.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.