Places gherardini Wants to Go

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

One of Africa's windiest and most scenic roads is a national symbol of Angola.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.