Places antsbe Wants to Go

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.