Places alftob Wants to Go

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

Through seven years of burglary, bereavement, and bad luck, a gentleman kept his word by saying none.

An unlikely connection between a little English town and the most famous brand of American motorcycles.

Set amid the remains of a secret WWII airfield, this barn was preserved as a memorial to Allied agents who parachuted into Europe.

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

The abandoned remains of a once popular zoo, and the grave of the last known Tasmanian Tiger.

This Australian beach became famous when Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared from its shores.

These two large, rusting pieces of machinery are relics of Australia’s gold mining past.

A rare chance to enter an original gold mine from the 1800s.

The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.