Places Blake Olmstead Wants to Go

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Haven for steampunks.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.