Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

A five-story homage to tea times past.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.