Places vmhenshaw Wants to Go

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

The ruins of a 12th-century seaside castle on the southwest coast of Scotland.

The remnants of a classic 1970's British film.

A square stone tomb marks the spot where six men were killed while holding a service in Caldoris Wood.

On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

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

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.