Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

The remains of a hospital ravaged by fire, once a progressive place of innovations for disabled children.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Record-holding coffin moonlights as an eatery run by undertakers.