Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.