Places rbenn250 Wants to Go

A monument to one of Croatia's famous freedom fighters.

This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.

A boat slowly sinking into the Essex mud flats bearing the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary.

One of the largest hills in New Forest.

Along a Roman road flanked with beech trees hides a tale of wizardry and xenophobia.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.

Reminiscent of a termite mound, this imposing structure is likely an ancient funerary monument.

First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.

One of the few remaining water-driven tool shops, originally built in 1911.

This Peruvian-Chinese institution has perfected the art of rotisserie chicken—alongside plantains and lo mein.

An excavation site that signified Hercules in Pula, and a glimpse into the city's Roman history.

A monument is dedicated to the thousands of people who pick and harvest our nation's food.

A small and tranquil hidden garden in commemoration of one of the great Victorian plant collectors.

"Bangkok's Green Lung," a large park on an island, feels worlds away from traffic-choked Sukhumvit Road.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

A bizarre object of worship believed to grant wishes to those who tie it up with a rope.

A slope with a mysterious name recalls a discontinued pre-war energy drink.

Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

A poignant site that pays tribute to lives lost at sea.