Places Calmmseas Wants to Go

The national park was once a plantation estate.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

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