Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.