Places Magicmarker Wants to Go

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.