Places marksuz Wants to Go

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

These little-known sands dunes are a geological anomaly in Saskatchewan's southern prairies.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

World's strongest whirlpool.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.