Places timjdavies Wants to Go

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

A famed admiral left behind this 17th-century house key when he joined the British Navy.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

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

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

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

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.