Places xxrye Wants to Go

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

It is believed that the historic tower is sinking at a rate of an inch a year, though no one is completely sure why.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.