Places cristyshepherd Wants to Go

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.