Places johnw404 Wants to Go

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A Munch-inspired sculpture brings the despair of war to life.

A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.

The enigmatic sculpture hides above an escalator in a Milan metro station.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

A small sculpture that pays homage to the famous bronze ear of Ca de l'Oreggia—or does it?

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

A team of concrete athletes stands in the middle of a traffic circle.

This demonic monument commemorates a carving destroyed in World War II.

These hilariously laughing bronze figures lampoon empty promises while encouraging civic engagement.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.