Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.