Places ambernz Wants to Go

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”