Places ericcuebas Wants to Go

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

One of Hollywood's most iconic actresses was born in an upscale Brussels neighborhood in 1929.

Walk down these stairs to get an underwater view of Switzerland's Lake Zug.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.

This immaculately preserved church from late antiquity was originally the mausoleum of the Emperor Constantine's daughter.

The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.

A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.