Places christopherapted Wants to Go

At these downtown crossings, pedestrian lights show axe-wielding Vikings instead of the usual walking figures.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Though Guinness took away its record, Romedenne’s 1998 wheelbarrow remains the biggest of them all.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A Victorian Fort built into the chalky cliffs that overlook the English Channel.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Climb the tallest remaining fire lookout tower in West Virginia for unparalleled views—if you dare.

This is the second-oldest rail tunnel in the United States that is still in use today.

Victoria's largest salt lake is a favorite haunt for photographers and stargazers.

One of the two USPS mailboats left in service docks regularly at Weirs Beach, Bear Island, and other Lake Winnipesaukee islands to deliver their mail.

An 18th-century industrial site, repurposed in WWII, along the wild North Sea coast.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

From a distance it looks like a real castle, but up close everything is slightly too small.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

A canopy trail with sweeping views and a giant tunnel slide.

Home of the Daffodil Festival, Castle Craig, and a ghostly hound.

Burgers and fries in the shadow of a dreaded Nazi symbol.