Places jvail Wants to Go

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

300 years of pharmaceutical history on display.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.