Places IrajV Wants to Go

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

The great Danube river starts here.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.