Places greggc80 Wants to Go

A swan-like monument on Obad's Hill honors those that defended the area from German invaders during WWII.

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Lake Phewa is home to the only island temple in Nepal.

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.

A house that transports visitors back to Yugoslavia.

The 100-foot-tall (30-meter) bronze statue was built to recognize the world's only documented all-female army.

Order a crunchy sugar-topped treat from one of Hong Kong’s oldest pineapple bun bakers.

The last family-owned, single-screen moviehouse in La La Land.

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

Even Michelin-starred chefs are said to get their cleavers at this century-old shop.

The “world’s smallest cathedral” is a remnant of one of Croatia’s medieval royal towns.

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

This cha chaan teng’s pineapple buns are so sought-after that they sell 5,000 a day.

Jet fuel-powered flames lend dishes a pleasant char at one of the last of Hong Kong’s remaining streetside restaurants.

One of the largest cemeteries in the world.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.