Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

A massive horizontal lever press comprising parts from the 17th century.

Hidden behind an industrial area, this is one of the very few such transporter bridges in existence.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

Celebrating the works of a beloved Italian actor, known for such cult films as 'They Call Me Trinity' and 'Watch Out, We’re Mad!'

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

Nature (and graffiti) reclaim this old waterworks that has been surrounded by a bike path and network of walking trails.

A shrine in Karachi is home to around 100 crocodiles that are regarded as sacred.

Local lore surrounds this unusual stone.

The ruins of a stone tower with alleged (but unlikely) Roman origins.

An unexpected homage to 90s celebrities hidden in a corner of Ibiza.

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.

Visit a secretive crypt before it crumbles to dust.

Three pristine alpine lakes named in memorial of an accident that resulted in three different plane crashes.

A retro Yugoslav congress, cultural, and business hall built in the 1970s, with an iconic world clock.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

Underground attraction offering tours of the foundational ruins of a church nave that collapsed in 1674.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

This ancient Corinthian helmet is South Korea’s only national treasure of Western origin.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.