Places anatolejolly Wants to Go

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.

A piece of public art commemorating the world's first Black professional footballer.

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

For but one summer in 1975, this rural suburb became a busy tourist spot when a local girl claimed to have seen ghostly faces on an old stele.

This grandiose staircase was part of the revival of a medieval Spanish architectural style combining Christian and Islamic influences.

The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.