Places Skurkey Wants to Go

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

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

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

Built by King Norodom to honor his late father.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.