Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.