Places TexiCali Wants to Go

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.