Places mordekia Wants to Go

These controversial statues are adorned with patterns of bricks and lace, linking them to Bedford's historical ties to both industries

The biggest mirror ball in the world

150 kinds of unique sundaes and gigantic parfaits await at Kyoto’s iconic vintage café

A stubborn Ottoman tower with a punishing climb and a view over Eger

A small wedge of East Berlin was once on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall

Some of the best preserved Roman mosaics in Spain can be found together in this archaeological park near Carranque, Toledo

The only place in the Grand Canyon where an automobile can be driven to the Colorado River

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

A turqoise shack off the side of the road housing "100,000 things you don't need," as their sign out front says; it's filled to the brim with an expansive collection of costume jewelry, activist pins, old postcards, expensive collector's paintings, and so, so much more.

A wild-haired maestro surrenders to artistic passion in this multi-story mural.

As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.

This campus monument honors Katherine Johnson, who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first human spaceflight and safely land Apollo 11 on the moon.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

Since 1999, this bakery has been turning out the dreamiest tortes in the Slovenian capital.

Order a crunchy sugar-topped treat from one of Hong Kong’s oldest pineapple bun bakers.

The Afro-Caribbean workers who constructed the Panama Canal built this church-turned-museum in their spare time.

A large kangaroo sculpture on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain

The Jardin d'Étretat is populated by over-sized raindrop sculptures that make funny faces at visitors.

The world's second-largest toy production company has a lineup of its heroes outside

This street was the filming location of the iconic flying bicycle scene from “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

This gray utility box is not full of wires; it is a tiny, operational theater hiding on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk.