Places trenchantly Wants to Go

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A vivid and terrifying mural blends pop-culture-style depictions of Hell with traditional Orthodox imagery.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

On one of the tiniest islands in the Caribbean lies a nearly 300-year-old syangogue.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

A former smuggler's haven houses "The Chapel" and its mysterious carvings.

This tiny triangular cottage is one of a kind in England, and has housed everything from a watchmaker's studio to coffin storage.

On a remote footpath and surrounded by beautiful Sussex countryside sits Sussex’s smallest cemetery.

According to local folklore, this odd face on a wall of Rudyard Kipling's former home can bring visitors a bit of luck.

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

Soviet General Zhukov’s former home is a quiet spot amid the heavy traffic of Ulaanbaatar.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

This massive piece of aviation history calls this residential neighborhood home.