Places rbenn250 Wants to Go

This high-octane event honors Maine’s legacy as the birthplace of logging in the U.S.

A Taiwanese garden teems with the retired statues of the island's former dictator.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

This remote outpost hosts the remains of one of Australia's key sites in the history of convicted laborers.

For a moment, you could think there are two identical communication towers in a row, but one of them is made out of PVC.

Beautiful portraits of the artist's children and his amazing stained glass windows in the Art Nouveau style.

The second largest palm grove in Europe was planted during Moorish times and has been largely unchanged since then.

A stunning waterfall in the mountains of Romania.

In a narrow river valley just north of Beirut, Lebanon, is a chronicle of human history unlike anything else in the world.

This easily overlooked statue depicts an important woman in Mannheim's history.

A riverside stone memorial dedicated to an unidentified hero.

Dating back to the early 12th century, this is the first Augustinian priory established in England.

A knight said to have slayed a dragon with the help of his winged dogs is buried inside the walls of a church.

A modern mini-Stonehenge is hidden in a public reserve, not far from a former Viking stronghold.

The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."

A natural rock silhouette on Cape Elizabeth's scenic Shore Road, reminiscent of New Hampshire's "Old Man of the Mountain."

A reminder of the gruesome punishments delivered to those who were found guilty during Scotland's witchcraft trials.

A Nuragic tomb, a Roman tomb, and a Byzantine Church, all hidden inside a rock.

An Asante king spent four years in exile in a house on this very spot.

The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.

This retro izakaya street is a unique legacy of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

This former burial ground, built atop discarded ballast from cargo ships, is now a public park.