Places petralewis Wants to Go

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

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.

Final resting place of one of Africa's most famous conservationists, murdered by bandits.

The memorial honors the lives of rhinoceroses killed by poachers.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

An island said to shake with the current.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.