Places tyler Wants to Go

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

Something's watching you.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.