Places mattduesing Wants to Go

This stone throne invites adventurers to observe breathtaking views of the Peak District.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

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

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

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

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

This historic Pittsburgh tennis complex is a rare example of natural red clay courts.