Places alxndr Wants to Go

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

An oasis of calm, nestled in the English countryside.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

Home to one of the tallest church spires in Europe, this historic church once played host to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

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

Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.

Cycle, walk, or run up and down on an old historic railway path.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.

A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.