Places cbustapeck Wants to Go

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.