Places Lupusss Wants to Go

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This Gothic revival structure has been a family home, a military base, a gymnastics center, and is now owned by one of the largest auction houses in Italy.

Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

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

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.