Places christophermarchant0 Wants to Go

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

The world’s second-largest flood defense barrier has protected London for decades.

A historic signpost to world cities on the top of a barren mining hill in the Yukon.

This 16th-century watchtower once defended Spain's Atlantic coast from pirates.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

The second largest monolith in the world was once betrayed by its lover, Ben Aicha.

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A remote Arctic museum focusing on the science of icebergs and the archaeology of an ancient Inuit settlement which lies just outside its doors.