Places marksuz Wants to Go

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.

This 12-inch-tall wooden sculpture of a winged Virgin Mary has inspired much devotion and countless replicas.

The wilderness of northern Sweden is full of shelters to protect people from sounding rockets returning from space.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

This uniquely shaped rock formation is one of Scotland's most iconic mountains and gives spectacular views in all directions.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

A plaque at the lighthouse where Frederick Valentich made his last radio contact before he vanished without a trace.

This declassified Cold War bunker hosts a large collection of Swedish aircraft.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.