Places Calmmseas Wants to Go

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

A man's home is his castle.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.