Places marykate Wants to Go

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A former groundskeeper’s cottage, now famous for being the main location of a hit British comedy game show.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

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

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

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