Places shmangela Wants to Go

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.