Places cristyshepherd Wants to Go

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

The great Danube river starts here.

The worst flood disaster in Welsh history might have been a lot worse if it had not happened on movie night.

These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

The enigmatic stone has towered over a Northern Ireland town for thousands of years.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.