Places raquel9e Wants to Go

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."