Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Putt your way around Australia in a black light environment.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.