Places mcurtis Wants to Go

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The largest underground church in Europe.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

This statue by a foremost African sculptor presents the leader in Haiti's independence struggle as a heroic figure contemplating his fledgling nation's constitution.

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

A waterfront landing pad designated for unidentified flying objects still awaits its first guest.

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

Defy gravity at this fascinating Pyrenees overlook platform.

This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.