Visited

Albania

Tirana

• Pyramid of Tirana — An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
• Postbllok Memorial — A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
• Tirana's Colorful Facade — What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Australia

Abbotsford

• Abbotsford Convent — This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

Adelaide

• 'Alice' — The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.
• Barnacle's Penis (Fully Extended)
• Horatio — 'A Day Out' — Bronze sculptures that sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.
• Something Wild — This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.
• South Australian Museum — The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

Arumpo

• Mungo National Park — Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

Arthurs Seat

• The Enchanted Maze Garden — Largest maize maze in the Southern Hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.

Brisbane

• Streets Beach — Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Broken Hill

• Titanic Bandsmen Memorial — A modest park memorial pays tribute to one of the Titanic's most revered storylines.

Coffs Harbour

• Big Banana — One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

Flinders Chase

• Remarkable Rocks — Impressively shaped, perfectly balanced boulders perched on the edge of a sea-cliff.

Golden Point

• Sovereign Hill — This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

Melbourne

• Coop's Shot Tower — This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.
• Melbourne Observatory — The city's oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.
• The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek — A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
• The Nicholas Building — A beautiful 1920s tower filled with local hidden gems.
• Webb Bridge — This modern pedestrian bridge on the Yarra River was modeled after an Aboriginal fish trap.

Parkes

• Parkes Radio Telescope — This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

Princetown

• The Twelve Apostles — Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Red Cliffs

• Big Lizzie — One of the world's largest tractors was built to replace camel caravans.

Swan Hill

• Pioneer Settlement — Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.

Sydney

• Cactus and Succulent Garden — Hidden within Sydney's lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney — Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
• The Queen's Letter — This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

Tailem Bend

• Old Tailem Town — This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

England

London

• Victoria & Albert Museum Dining Rooms — Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Kosovo

Prizren

• Arasta Mosque Minaret — This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.
• Our Lady of Ljeviš — A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the Ottoman Empire.

Mexico

Guanajuato

• Alley of the Kiss — A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

Puerto Morelos

• The Leaning Lighthouse — Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

Romania

Brașov

• Biserica Neagră (The Black Church) — A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.
• Transylvania's "Hollywood" Signs — The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

Spain

Barcelona

• Casa Batlló — One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
• Park Güell — Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
• Sagrada Família — Construction of Barcelona's iconic church is expected to be completed in 2026 — a century after the death of its architect.

Granada

• Muslim Gravestones of the Alhambra — Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Madrid

• Palacio de Cristal — Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Seville

• Hospital de las Cinco Llagas — The current seat of the Parliament of Andalusia was once the epicenter of the Great Plague of Seville.
• Metropol Parasol — The world's largest wooden structure.