Places samanthahale Wants to Go

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

This honeycomb-textured tafone looks like a petrified troll head.

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

When struck, the strange stones in this park ring like bells.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.