Places Corinne OBryan Wants to Go

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

A mural and a few historical markers commemorate Denver's once-thriving Chinatown, which was obliterated in a racist riot.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.