Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

A reminder of a long-gone community and way of life on the River Tyne.

This unusual double arched bridge runs over a picturesque Scottish glen.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.

A mysterious churchyard stone with a peculiar hole was once used to seal market transactions.

A tavern that is no longer in Dranesville.

A 19th-century blast furnace that played a big role in the area’s industrial development.

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

Southern comfort food is on the menu at this neighborhood favorite.

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

This non-profit restaurant offers job training and skills to members of the Central City community.

Catch beautiful views at the graffitied observation deck on this mountain top.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.

A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

Legends hold that these unusual rock formations were once a bridal party, or perhaps a group of hunters.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.