Places thelibyandesert Wants to Go

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.