Places amorgan2 Wants to Go

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.