Places ploncck Wants to Go

Atop a small Armenian hilltop adorned with many forms, and carvings, these stones tell a whimsical tale from a fictional world.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

A mosque with distinctive modern features.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.