Places meredithp Wants to Go

A precursor to Taro Okamoto’s iconic Tower of the Sun.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.

A small museum dedicated to Vietnam’s lesser-known Iron Age culture.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

The original location of the eponymous site of Japan’s Yayoi period is now lost in time.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

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

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.