Places obstakel Wants to Go

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

These remnants of Old London Bridge possess unique acoustics that allow for whispered conversations to carry from one side to the other.

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.

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

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.