Places brockr Wants to Go

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

A sun-filled museum featuring an ever-rotating collection of classic and exotic cars.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.