Places SeeingCoolPlaces Wants to Go

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

After World War II, this former concentration camp in Northern Italy became a refuge for those displaced by the war.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

This diner from 1930s America now resides in a small town in the Netherlands.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

Nothing to see here.

These caves are full of coffins, but we can't say who the bodies belong to.

The Shinsegae Department Store is the largest of its kind in the whole world.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

The remains of a 19th-century school and living quarters are perched atop a mountain surrounded by a thick tropical forest.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.