Places atozenith Wants to Go

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

A secluded fortress from the days of the Crusades that offers breathtaking views.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.

This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Nepal’s last remaining population of wild water buffalo and many other rare species call this reserve home.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

The marker that allows students all over the world to be late for class.