Places ckoohle Wants to Go

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

An archaeological treasure trove towers over the valley of Chiavenna.

The ruins of a monumental tower in the heart of Lebanese mountains still puzzle archeologists.

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.