Places nejuum Wants to Go

Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.

Beneath unsuspecting visitors feet, a capsule containing pieces of America’s civil rights history.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.