Places Auros Harman Wants to Go

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

On land once deemed “valueless,” a multipurpose community garden proves the potential of urban farming.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.