Places Rebecca Ro Wants to Go

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.