Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

These plaques found across Warsaw commemorate the sites where executions or battles took place during the German occupation.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

The building that once housed the dictator's secret police is now a museum that documents the history of an oppressive regime and those who fought against it.

The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.

The world's narrowest strait is often mistaken for a canal.

This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.

The archeological ruins of the ancient fortified city of the mysterious Teotenanca civilization.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

A 14th-century abbey founded by a forest-loving order of monks now sits in the center of a pristine nature preserve.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

Crusader ruin with views over South Lebanon.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

Past the hills and beyond the graveyard, this church feels extremely out of place.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.