Places anhogan Wants to Go

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A three-centuries-old crypt in the foothills of an old plantation.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.