Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

This statue of a medical missionary is sometimes used to gauge flood levels during typhoons.

The caskets in this graveyard have not been opened—they have always been open.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

The largest Spanish artifact built in the Philippines and one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world.

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.

The geographic midpoint of the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

At an altitude of 3,700 meters, this is the highest polo field in the world.

A monument to one of Croatia's famous freedom fighters.

This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.

A boat slowly sinking into the Essex mud flats bearing the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary.

A slope with a mysterious name recalls a discontinued pre-war energy drink.

The remains of a cable car used for bauxite mining after World War I hides in a coastal forest.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

A monument dedicated in memory of the over 100,000 civilian deaths during the liberation of Manila in World War II.

A memorial to those who donated their bodies to science.

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.

Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.