Places asdonkar Wants to Go

A quiet cemetery in northeastern North Carolina holds tiny structures believed to protect spirits.

The only museum in Italy dedicated to this ancient profession.

A 19th-century home, embellished with gnomes.

A naturally heated pool steaming in the wild heart of Kosciuszko National Park.

A pair of whimsical homes in Texas shaped like oversized Western wear.

Take a walk on Minnesota’s last historic covered bridge.

Where the dead once lay, art now plays.

One of the rare, saucer-shaped prefabricated homes designed by the Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in the 1960s.

A restored 1834 stone bank barn preserving the curious history of the natural ice trade.

Ancient volcanic activity made this into an exciting rockhounding site.

Juicy Argentinian empanadas so good they’re worth a stain or two

The whole world is cooking in one Kissimmee parking lot.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

Rediscovered underground chapel is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Vienna.

An eclectic Buddhist temple packed with pop-culture icons.

A 17th-century manor house with a Tudor garden and some chilling history.

Vienna’s most overlooked celebrity is a Disney star.

This statue commemorates the tale of the fisherman who captured a Kópakonan by stealing her skin while she was transformed as a woman.

A collection of over 700 chess sets in a beautiful historic building.

Deep in the Swedish forest hides a forgotten water-powered carousel.

Amazing collection of over 2,000 live birds from around the world, many of which are rare or endangered.

A mysterious stone staircase deep in the Swedish woods, said to have been made by trolls.

This museum honors an African-American renaissance man of the early 18th century.

A century-old landmark that once employed Sinclair Lewis and is still known for its ghost stories.