Places johnw404 Wants to Go

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."