Places johnw404 Wants to Go

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

Designed to celebrate the queen's 40th birthday.

A miniature version of the ship that took John Cabot from Bristol to Newfoundland.

The unpredictability of this pendulum's movements has drawn visitors to this magnificent church for decades.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

How did a literal hole in a wall become one of the top-rated tourist attractions in this English town?

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

This controversial memorial to the Titanic's captain stands in a peculiar place.

In the middle of a wonderful recreational park, this memorial reminds us of the dark past of this place.

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.