Places mcurtis Wants to Go

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

Inside Cork's Kent station stands its country's longest-serving postbox.

Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.

One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.

This oversized tribute to the nation's tiniest coin highlights the value of small contributions.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

This medieval fortress is (or was till 2017) the home stadium of the football club FC Duruji Kvareli.

In the garden of a Georgia museum, without any explanation, is a monumental head of the Communist icon.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.