Places semken Wants to Go

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

This twisty section of highway in the Himalayan foothills is lined with thousands of small mirrors.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.