Places Leah Nelson Wants to Go

Inscribed on the gate are the names of 29 figures from the University's first five centuries.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Some believe that the stone once used to coronate Scottish kings resides inside this bar.

Twenty carved heads in Glasgow take a comical, modern twist to the medieval apotropaic, avenger of evil.

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

A mythological Celtic beast built with thousands of colorful tiles stands guard over a historic canal junction.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.