Places bethanyherron Wants to Go

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.