Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

The preserved left hand of a saint once known as "the Pearl of York."

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

This lonely gravestone beside an auto parts store is a reminder of the hardships of a pioneering past.

The crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

This "Atomic Egg" appears on the city of Garching's coat of arms.

Both the building and blades of this reconstructed 19th-century windmill can turn in a breeze.

The memorial stands at the intersection of the rivers Morava and Danube.

Hidden in the woods behind this English estate lies a Victorian pet cemetery.

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

A family accused of witchcraft once called this medieval tower home.

A funerary monument for two brothers who served in the Roman cavalry.

This small but unique site depicts part of an arguably underrepresented part of Australia's early connections to the seafaring communities to its north.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

A brass and marble scale model of the solar system embedded in the concrete.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

A museum that houses a collection of stenography machines plus dozens of books, photographs, and guides to shorthand languages from around the world.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.