Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

Now overlooking the Home of the British Army, this gargantuan statue was removed from its original location in London.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

This statue of a Red Army Soldier has been moved and changed several times since its creation.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

This 1960's Soviet submarine in Peenemünde Harbor claims to be the largest submarine museum in the world.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

Nearly 800 years old, this river lock is now a public park with a former fortified island.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

This enigmatic Roman tower lurks just outside Belmonte.

A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.