Places PaulFisher23 Wants to Go

Exploring the Netherlands’ textile past and future under one roof.

The dynasty’s coat of arms reveals its historical ties to the French town of Moulins and the Spanish crown.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

A crumbling monument to a now locally-extinct sport in Bulgaria's oldest ski resort.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

The closed and crumbling Francoist luxury resort for workers is still full of life—for now.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.

A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

The vintage, artistic cage of the city’s first lift welcomes visitors to an old heritage building.

In addition to what was once the world’s largest single-loom carpet, this charming space contains a pair of unique flags in American history.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

A stunning modern interpretation of a Roman temple.

A prison-turned-museum sheds light on modern Turkish history.

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.