Places christopherapted Wants to Go

A quiet grave marks the site of a centuries-old fairytale love story that turned out to be a real murder.

Site of the longest gun battle in FBI history.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

The unusual burial site of a globetrotter, eccentric, adventurer, war hero, landscape designer, dandy, and writer.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

India’s largest inland salt lake, whose blinding white salt flats create one of the most surreal landscapes in the Thar Desert.

Originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Norristown, this campus stands as a fascinating piece of medical history.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

A tongue-in-cheek marker at the place where Robert Barr supposedly created Scotland’s favorite soft drink.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

The world’s largest museum dedicated to mining, complete with an underground show cave.

An obscure roundabout modeled on the Death Star from “Star Wars.”

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The Musée Albert-Kahn is a departmental museum in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, including four hectares of gardens, joining landscape scenes of various national traditions.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

Remote beach reachable only by boat or a strenuous hike across a mountain.

On this spot Lord Kelvin allegedly discovered absolute zero.

The home of the founder of American landscape architecture puts his principles into practice.

At one time, it was the second deepest mine shaft on the planet!