Places Sumater Wants to Go

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.