Places colingross Wants to Go

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

This overlooked Japanese Buddhist temple is a respite from the bustle of Kolkata.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

A mysterious phallic rock on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.