Places Maggie Mason Wants to Go

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.