Places Amalia Wompa Wants to Go

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.