Places amberford Wants to Go

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.