Places bjmeissner Wants to Go

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

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

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

The oldest independent bottling plant in America was built directly over an ancient spring — and famously rejected Coca-Cola.

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This previously dilapidated alleyway has been transformed into one of Melbourne's finest hidden art locations.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.