Places David Plotz Wants to Go

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Mine your own precious stones.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.