Places tstriegel Wants to Go

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

On a secluded beach is one of the few shipwrecks left on the shores of Mauritania.

One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

The largest salt farm in the Canary Islands is located at the foot of an active volcano.

One of the oldest structures in Helsinki is this burrow grave that dates back to the Bronze Age.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

A stone burial chamber that was also the site of religious rituals.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

A glowing underwater cliff attracts marine life and divers in equal measure.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.