Places tomstrong Wants to Go

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

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

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

The site of the first battle of World War II.