Dannenfels, Germany
Adlerbogen (Eagle Arch)
A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.
Places yellingBytes Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Springs Preserve
The birthplace of Las Vegas is now preserved as a historic and natural area.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Berlin Wall Urinal
A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The Last Remaining Sigma Derby Machine
Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.
Berlin, Germany
German-Russian Museum
A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.
Kufstein, Austria
Nähmaschinenmuseum Madersperger
The father of the sewing machine died broke, but this small, free museum is dedicated to the unsung inventor.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Buena Vista, California
Crane Flat Lookout
The first lookout in Yosemite.
Yosemite National Park, California
Horsetail Fall's Firefall
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Olomouc, Czechia
Olomouc's Communist Clock
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Prague, Czechia
Brown-Nosers
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Porto, Portugal
Livraria Lello
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
Saint Barbara's Church
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry
Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.
Tallinn, Estonia
Seaplane Harbour
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki University Museum
A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.
Bomarzo, Italy
The Monsters of Bomarzo
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Mindelheim, Germany
Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum
Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.
Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
Teutonic Cemetery
The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.
Wiesloch, Germany
Stadtapotheke Wiesloch
This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Corpus Museum
The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Ta Prohm
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Sydney, Australia
Museum of Human Disease
Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Ventnor, Australia
Penguin Parade At Phillip Island
An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.
