Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

"Bangkok's Green Lung," a large park on an island, feels worlds away from traffic-choked Sukhumvit Road.

The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

A bizarre object of worship believed to grant wishes to those who tie it up with a rope.

A unique urban square characterized by raw concrete structures and bold geometric forms.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

This historic suspension bridge is one of three remaining swinging bridges in Michigan, and one of the few swinging bridges left in North America.

For centuries, this hill along the Polish coast has been used as a lookout—and the rumored home of pirate treasure.

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

At this Neolithic site, the remains of ancient humans have been found alongside the bones of the toxic fugu pufferfish.

The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight.

The radio station that's been promising to make love to you for the last 15 years—if you happen to be on one specific block in suburban New Jersey.

Housed in a former convent, this museum has a collection of religious art, artifacts, and scientific objects that offer insights into the island's spiritual, cultural, and intellectual heritage.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Brooklyn’s wildest restaurant is serving ice cream in snail shells and marrow bones.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 90 percent of the city.

Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.

A memorial to the Indian victims of the devastating 1923 earthquake, built in glorious Mughal style.

These medieval wooden bridge pillars appeared out of nowhere in the aftermath of a huge earthquake.