Places cmstoelb Wants to Go

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Tucked away past the island's famous stone arch, this hidden coastal path leads hikers to a dramatic razor sharp cliffside that thrusts into the Caribbean like the Doomed bow of the Titanic ocean liner.

This narrow cave is revered in Japan as the womb of Mount Fuji.

This iconic lounge is home to the longest running drag show in Philadelphia, iconic jazz trios, and is the birthplace to the infamous "Citywide."

This mechanical marvel is a 24-hour cheese vending machine, holding freshly made cheeses from the internationally acclaimed Perrystead Dairy.

This deserted island off the coast of Philadelphia is only visitable a few days every year; once industrialized, it is now an ecological marvel.

A wild-haired maestro surrenders to artistic passion in this multi-story mural.

Before this fine stone viaduct was built, trains ran across a rather wobbly wooden trestle, and the original abutments are still there.

A turqoise shack off the side of the road housing "100,000 things you don't need," as their sign out front says; it's filled to the brim with an expansive collection of costume jewelry, activist pins, old postcards, expensive collector's paintings, and so, so much more.

This striking gate in Carabanchel is a modern expression of Madrid's centuries-old connection to bears, the animal that has symbolized the city for generations

An architectural anomaly that preserves the chilling history of medieval ascetics who chose to be buried alive.

As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.

Once part of a chain of over 80 restaurants that merged with another Mexican-American chain, it has been reborn in one of its original locations.

This campus monument honors Katherine Johnson, who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first human spaceflight and safely land Apollo 11 on the moon.

A colorful street mural created in downtown Vista by world-renowned spray-paint artist Chor Boogie (Jason Hailey), who grew up in the area.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

America’s first living history museum of camping — a decade-by-decade museum of vintage campers, luxury tents, and Northwoods vacation history that guests can actually sleep in.

This 19th-century stone bridge in Mayenne was renamed after an American soldier who died defusing explosives placed under it, saving it from destruction during the town’s liberation in August 1944.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.