Places johnw404 Wants to Go

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

A heavily politicized roundabout discussing the state of a heavily politicized country.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

A 12th-century church that houses a dark creature.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

A statue of the heroine who stopped time to save her betrothed.

In 1329, Christine Carpenter entered this small stone cell in the hopes of becoming a living saint.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.