Places victorialhthompson Wants to Go

A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.