Places rbenn250 Wants to Go

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

The signatures of esteemed colleagues of the physicists who stopped by to attend lectures.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

Dedicated to a strange, local cryptid beloved by all.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

The pillar of this bridge contains a small home and underneath, a ballroom.

Inside this Darjeeling museum, you can see a pair of boots that once stood at the top of the world.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

This open-air museum filled with 19th-century buildings offers a unique view of historic craftsmanship.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

There were once more than five stones in this ancient monument.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

The last of the bushrangers in New South Wales.

Built in the 16th century, the tower is now in ruins.

A modest statue dedicated to Pierre Bayle, a young military drummer who willingly fought and died for his beloved France.