Places huggabeth Wants to Go

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.

All your favorite presidents of Zambia, in one convenient spot.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.