Places Abigail Hoffacker Wants to Go

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

The stone that rocks no more.

One of the oldest operating hydroelectric power schemes in Australia.

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

Executed at age 19, this Vietnamese schoolgirl is now a national hero and symbol of revolutionary spirit.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.