Places dstarr7517 Wants to Go

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

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

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

A pristine crater lake 12,000 years in the making, with waters like cut glass.

Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.

Cabins once lived in by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are featured at this Old West living history museum.

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.