Places Aty Trocious Wants to Go

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.