Places Added by Christine Williamson

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

A thought-provoking outdoor art installation sits in the seat of German law.

Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.

Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.

An interactive museum and restaurant devoted to a prestigious breed of cattle.

Explore the art and history of intricate, hand-crafted tile designs at this small museum.

Stroll past dozens of intricately-detailed scale replicas of buildings from all over Czechia.

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A monument to the small town of master violin makers and its countless luthiers.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.