Places scoutboy Wants to Go

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

In the Netherlands, one of the world's largest private car collections can be found.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

One of the largest and most scenic of Bangladesh's tea gardens.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

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

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

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

The legendary bathing site of a Moorish queen is actually part of a Roman fish farm.

On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.

From a distance, Latin America's first Baha'i Temple looks like an enormous egg perched atop a hill.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

An iconic view point of the Sea of Galilee offers a look into Israel's past.