Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

A controversial cenotaph dedicated to a local physician with an unscrupulous past.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

A war memorial dedicated to the Free French Naval forces of World War II.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

A quiet spot commemorating two naturalists who had to choose between love and the university at which they both taught.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

These lamps were created to expel sewer gases after an event known as The Great Stink.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

Graham Ibbesons's moving tribute to the victims of England's worst mining disaster.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.