Places Cowshow Wants to Go

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

A ruined castle made famous in German movies and TV productions.

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

A pile of earth left over from a water supply project was converted into an anti-aircraft installation during World War II.

Taken as a war trophy in 1739, this Portuguese bell now hangs in an ancient Hindu temple.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

This incredible second-century sculpture depicts a trio of gods worshipped by the ancient Romans.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

A funerary monument for two brothers who served in the Roman cavalry.

Once believed to be a sacred Roman legionary symbol, this bronze figure inspired the 1954 novel 'The Eagle of the Ninth.'

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

This surprising museum tells the story of modern Malaysia through the history of its law enforcement.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

This museum preserves the heyday of Puerto Rican coffee.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

The site of Stockholm's last public execution.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

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

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.