Places Sydney Rose Wants to Go

A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

This park is the prime habitat for Nepal’s Bengal tigers.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.

This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.