Places creativename Wants to Go

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.