Places johnw404 Wants to Go

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.