Places yaniv691 Wants to Go

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

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

Local lore says this 700-year-old tree has sacred and medicinal properties.

This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

A resilient tree that has survived for more than 700 years in Guánica Dry Forest.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

This "grandfather" eucalyptus is one of the tallest trees in Europe.