Places Brian Pozun Wants to Go

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.

An art museum inside an active factory.

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

The ruins of a massive World War I fort overlook the border between Zambia and Tanzania.

A memorial marks the spot where a plane crash killed several United Nations members on a peace mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

The monument honors the mountaineers who were part of Europe’s best anti-Nazi forces.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.