Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

The monument honors the mountaineers who were part of Europe’s best anti-Nazi forces.

Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

This unassuming shed was the stage for a monumental event in British history.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

The southernmost toilet in the British Isles.

A strange-looking 18th-century tower sits on a tiny islet just off Livorno.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

A Finnish artist's unique fauna statuary.