Places lotbot500 Wants to Go

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

According to local folklore, this odd face on a wall of Rudyard Kipling's former home can bring visitors a bit of luck.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.

A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

This wooden chair dates possibly back to the 15th century, and commemorates a local legend.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

In the quiet village of Fulmodeston, the ruins of a medieval church remain hidden among vines and foliage.