Places mardigny Wants to Go

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

The coldest city in the world.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

World's strongest whirlpool.