Places samireland Wants to Go

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

In a boatyard near Aberdyfi is a nautically inspired work of art.

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.

This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.