Places Auroratorealis Wants to Go

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.

A herd of half-sized cow sculptures has stood in this part for nearly 50 years.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

This may be one of the most valuable Morris & Co. stained glass windows in Australia.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

In 1777, two men were killed after being struck by lightning at the same time.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?