Places venuslady87 Wants to Go

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

These skilfully executed, poignant works of art dot a verdant Scottish dell.

A 4000-year-old stone circle, comfortably surrounded by a modern Scottish neighbourhood and the local fire station

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

An unpaid bill, a stolen stone, and a famous fashion designer rest peacefully alongside a heroine of Highlands history.

Inside a Scottish castle hangs the tattered remains of a flag with murky origins and supposed magic powers.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.