Places amandajaneshaw Wants to Go

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.