Places cmstoelb Wants to Go

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

So opulent and massive it was once dubbed a palace, this hotel's doors closed temporarily in 2007 and failed to reopen.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

The final resting place of Dicky Pearce, the last court jester in England.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.

A pristine crater lake 12,000 years in the making, with waters like cut glass.