Places heidin617 Wants to Go

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

A mysterious stele of unknown origin sits on the peak of this curious mountain.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.