Places christopherapted Wants to Go

Where European elegance met riverside leisure in early 20th-century Pennsylvania. 

Designed by Calvert Vaux, this former post office now serves as a home for the local arts.

A colossal gold-dredging machine from the Klondike mining boom, now open to tours.

This mill has been in continuous operation since before the country’s founding.

A truly obscure, hidden Cold War monument.

A moai decorated with the depiction of a European ship.

This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.

Cozy mountain lodge home to a world record-winning collection of edelweiss flowers.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

More than 100 steam and diesel locomotives bring Colorado’s rail heritage to life.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

Explore Treuenbrietzen’s past inside a restored medieval chapel with artifacts, crafts, and a historic pharmacy.

A historic manor with a priest hole you can stand up in, the last surviving vestments from a dissolved abbey, and centuries of art on display.

A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.

This volcanic crater lake is renowned for its perfectly round shape, stunning blue-green waters, and unique geological properties.

This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”

Striking natural chalk bluffs that rise dramatically along the Tombigbee River.

One of the few Tudor palaces in Germany, which hosted a historic WWII meeting.

These enormous concrete blocks played a vital role in one of history's most important days.

One of the world's smallest city parks is only 12 by 20 feet.

This great Pōhutukawa tree is believed to be the largest and oldest of its kind in the world.

The hottest place on the planet.

A scenic natural bridge with a creek running underneath.