Places strawmeadow Wants to Go

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.