Places relizh Wants to Go

This sculpture honors a long-beloved English comic strip in the main character's hometown.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.

A tea party concludes each visit to this Russian spice cookie sanctum.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

A miniature cathedral made of 20,948 tiny pieces of marble.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

This ancient tunnel is one of the most important examples of Roman hydraulic engineering in Spain.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.

The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.