Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

An 1857 brewery on the banks Mississippi River, now just a ruin with no roof, no windows and only one corner of the building still standing.

This synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin, is a historic architectural gem and one of the oldest surviving synagogue buildings in the United States.

Probably the only remaining trace of a leprosy house in Wisconsin, reflecting a time when leprosy was uncurable and sufferers were isolated.

This cemetery holds the bodies of at least 133 former patients.

This former studio belonging to a pioneer in photography stands in a picturesque landscape with unique rock formations.

This 200-year-old cabin was the home of some of the first Wisconsin “badgers” and the site of the broken promises that led to their arrival.

Enjoy a brandy old fashioned with this petrified pet in a bar devoted to the local press.

A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

Explore a real 19th-century lead and zinc mine at this immersive series of exhibits.

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.

This rooftop sign has been confusing Milwaukee-bound airline passengers for decades.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.