Astana, Kazakhstan
Astana Opera
A theater with world-class acoustics, neo-Classical architecture and Kazakh ornaments.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Bryan, Ohio
Dum-Dum Water Tower
This towering sweet treat is big enough to share... with an entire city.
Crosby, Minnesota
Milford Mine Park
The site of Minnesota’s worst mining disaster, now reclaimed by nature.
Casto, Italy
Chapel of the Victims of the Plague
Memorial full of frescoes, in the middle of nowhere.
Badajoz, Spain
Cerro Masatrigo
This perfectly conical hill in the La Serena reservoir is humorously known as Europe's Largest Roundabout.
Khaybar, Saudi Arabia
Umm Jirsan Cave
Prehistoric humans once used this sprawling lava tube network in the Saudi Arabian desert as shelter.
Plouarzel, France
Menhir de Kerloas
This might be the world’s tallest Bronze Age standing stone.
Lakewood, Ohio
Cleveland Curiosities
An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.
Caerphilly, Wales
The Leaning Tower at Caerphilly Castle
This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Dublin, Ireland
Museum of Curiosities
A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.
Rome, Italy
The Great Synagogue of Rome
A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.
Whitesboro, New York
Abandoned Revolutionary War Cemetery
A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.
London, England
186 Fleet Street
The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.
Mexico City, Mexico
Ho Chi Minh Monument
The Vietcong leader isn’t the only symbol of late 20th-century counterculture represented in this statue.
Köneürgench, Turkmenistan
Turabek-Khanum Mausoleum
A beautiful mausoleum is the crown jewel of a preserved ancient city in Central Asia.
Senhora da Hora, Portugal
EFANOR Factory Ruins
Once a thriving textile powerhouse, now a relic of what once was.
Sweden
Björketorp Runestone
In the Swedish forest stands a stone with a deadly inscription, promising ruin and death to whoever disturbs it.
Marlborough, England
Adam and Eve (The Longstones)
Two standing stones are all that remains of a prehistoric installation.
Almont, Colorado
Tincup Cemetery
Wildflower-filled 19th-century cemetery is a bucolic final resting place.
Fairview, Utah
Spirit the Columbian Mammoth
One of the most intact and well-preserved skeletons of a mammoth in the world is displayed in a tiny Utah town.
Kimballton, Iowa
Little Mermaid Sculpture Garden
A delightful Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale experience, not far off the interstate.
Grand Manan, New Brunswick
Bill’s Beatles Collection
At the farthest end of New Brunswick is an eclectic museum dedicated to the Fab Four.
Oaxaca, Mexico
Fuente de las Ocho Regiones (Fountain of the 8 Regions)
The diversity of the state of Oaxaca is represented in this fountain.
Serra Negra, Brazil
Disneyland of Robots
Retro-futuristic contraptions made from recycled materials near a Brazilian resort town.
