Places kaiaoverthemoon Wants to Go

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

Natural hot springs hidden in the rainforest are only accessible by boat.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.