Places rog18 Wants to Go

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.