Places daratheodora Wants to Go

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.