Places rbenn250 Wants to Go

A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.

This memorial cross along a roadside in Old Goa, India marks the spot of once bustling, but long-gone community.

A network of tunnels connecting Bosnia’s ‘ancient pyramids’—or maybe just an abandoned mine?

Step into the world of one of Turkey's most popular television series for a virtual trip through Ottoman Empire history.

Panaji’s oldest surviving building, which was once a palace and viceroy residence, now houses the Goa State Museum.

A million years ago, our ancient ancestors were cooking with fire in this cave.

The outdoor area of this contemporary art museum in Mexico is a modernist reinterpretation of hacienda architecture.

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.

The Ayo Rock Formations stand out on the island of Aruba as a unique arrangement of giant boulders with interesting crawl spaces to explore.

This bird statue was created to mark the site of a radio transmitter.

The oldest functioning restaurant in the state of Illinois, operating since 1847.

A century-old monument to commemorate a crowd-funded public cemetery.

A rare tobacconist Napoleon statue stands inside York’s medieval guildhall.

A collection of miniatures made in the central-western region of Mexico.

This jet-infused peak marks the traditional northern boundary of the Navajo nation.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

An asymmetrically spiraling tower perched on top of a protected mountain.

A preserved segment of the old irrigation canal recalls Taipei’s history as a “Water City.”

One of Amsterdam’s most popular cultural and recreational complexes is on the site of a former gas works.

One of Mexico City's seats of the Catholic faith, although not the majoritarian Latin Roman rite.

Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.

Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.

These giant volcanic rocks towering above the Angolan savannah once served as a natural fortification.

These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.