Places CoolCrab Wants to Go

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

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

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.