Places IrajV Wants to Go

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

A massive land art sculpture fills a green space once tarnished by a landfill.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.