Places michaelhordern Wants to Go

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

This crumbling headstone commemorates the first death by tiger in Britain's history.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.