Places Auros Harman Wants to Go

Officially the lowest mountain in Japan.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

Tower that was a frequent stop on the travels of King James I.

The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.

This medieval fortification has weathered the centuries better than any other structure from its era.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

The longest manmade tunnel in Queensland is now a beautiful trail, home to a special colony of bent-wing bats.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

A dictator's failed public works project has been reborn as two linked trails through spectacular scenery.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.