Places twasdolly Wants to Go

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

Dishes are packed with flavor at one of the only Singaporean restaurants in Paris.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

The site where two doves fell in love.