Places drawingofsound Wants to Go

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.