Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesia’s first escalator
The country’s first escalator is located in department store filled with batiks and beautiful Indonesian products.
Places kitvishnu Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Singapore
Street of the Dead
A street with an infamous past where the terminally ill were sent to die.
Melbourne, Australia
Headless King George V
This statue of King George V was beheaded as a protest of colonialism.
Melbourne, Australia
Eight-Hour-Day Monument
Commemorating the 19th-century labor movement in Australia.
Abbotsford, Australia
Abbotsford Convent
This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.
Melbourne, Australia
Captain Cook's Cottage
The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.
Melbourne, Australia
Mailbox Art Space
Tiny artwork tucked within glass letterboxes form this hidden gem of an art gallery.
Melbourne, Australia
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek
A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
Melbourne, Australia
Fairies Tree
A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.
Melbourne, Australia
The Limelight Department
A cramped wooden attic that once housed one of the world's first movie studios.
Melbourne, Australia
The Nicholas Building
A beautiful 1920s tower filled with local hidden gems.
Melbourne, Australia
The Johnston Collection
A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.
Parkville, Australia
Melbourne Medical Museum
Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.
Baltimore, Maryland
George Peabody Library
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Hunedoara, Romania
Corvin Castle
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Lafayette, Colorado
Vampire Grave of Lafayette
According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.
Wallachia, Romania
Poenari Castle
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
Berlin, Germany
Die Volkskammer
An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.
Tokyo, Japan
Sengaku-Ji
This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.
Shinjuku City, Japan
Oiwake Dango
A taste of the 15th century in the bustling heart of the modern Shinjuku City.
Rock, West Virginia
Lake Shawnee Amusement Park
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Waterbury, Vermont
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Williamsburg, Virginia
President Heads
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Dripping Springs, Texas
Hamilton Pool
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
