Places dstarr7517 Wants to Go

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

You can still shop in one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

A million years ago, our ancient ancestors were cooking with fire in this cave.

Catch raucous live performances of traditional tunes at this old-school taverna.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.