Places decoeric Wants to Go

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

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

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.