Places ellentravelstheworld Wants to Go

Commissioned by a bank at the height of the Great Depression, this mural by the famed illustrator was intended to inspire a sense of abundance in customers.

Many of the tombs contain victims of yellow fever epidemics.

Engineering ingenuity during the battle of Gibraltar.

Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

Likely the world’s only place where you’re meant to skate on top of cars.

A tree meticulously shaped and trimmed into the shape of an elephant.

One of the few Tudor palaces in Germany, which hosted a historic WWII meeting.

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

This ancient Roman aqueduct once funneled water to Diocletian's palace.

Split's smallest church, and one of its oldest, has been reconstructed inside the city's Roman walls.

A stunning church overlooking the water that you will have all to yourself.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

Two states disputed a square-mile slice of land for more than a century

Did the word “hardscrabble” originate from an 18th century Delaware fistfight?

An abandoned rural reminder of a time when the sweet potato crop was king in Delaware.

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.

Delaware's first railroad lasted only five years and spanned only 16 miles, but its ticket office has survived for two centuries.

This relic is one of the last survivors of the earliest eras of the American railroad.

This controversial reel is an artifact of the largest fish processing plant in the country, and a symbol of Delaware's integration.