Places zride1905 Wants to Go

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.

Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.

Why does this Italian coastal city have a statue of a 17th-century samurai?

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Behind a 300-year-old temple hides a small tomb said to house the bones of 17th-century Dutch soldiers.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

The design of this modernist church was revolutionary when it was constructed in 1942.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.