Places Ursa Wants to Go

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

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

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A five-story homage to tea times past.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.