Places asdonkar Wants to Go

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."