Places rykinu Wants to Go

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.