Places vitaminkate Wants to Go

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.