Places dhrtzell Wants to Go

This picturesque beacon was built to keep boats safe shortly after the Civil War.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.