Places riche103 Wants to Go

Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

These early 19th-century kilns were used to make coke, a key Ingredient in steel production.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

This 15th-century Ottoman bridge was modified to keep up with the changing course of the river Erenik.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.