Places ckoohle Wants to Go

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

The largest shot tower in Australia is a unique reminder of industrial ammunitions history.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.