Places cmstoelb Wants to Go

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This house certainly has a unique decor.

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

The ruins of Brisbane’s own Alcatraz now sit in the middle of a national park.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

This scenic spot is known as the birthplace of Switzerland.

This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.

Some of the specimens on display at the Leiden University Medical Center have been helping educate physicians since the 17th century.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.

Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

This gold sash was part of a massive collection of pre-Hispanic gold artifacts discovered in an isolated village in the Philippines.

These bronze statues depict the early days of trading in Singapore.

Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.