Places cristyshepherd Wants to Go

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.