Places tkwhit02 Wants to Go

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.