Places dstarr7517 Wants to Go

Scale the heights of this 100-foot play space shaped like a ferocious dragon.

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.

Mysterious texts covered in mystical symbols were found in caves at this site centuries ago.

For centuries, the largest Arab bathhouse in Spain was hidden under a palace.

After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Wander along roughly a mile of paths in what may be the world's largest forest labyrinth.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

Alongside its 16th- and 17th-century architecture and interiors, this mansion houses an Ancient Roman ring that some believe may have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

Look closely and you'll spot the remains of an ancient Roman aqueduct beside this fountain.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.

For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.

A limestone cave filled with impressive formations in Mole Creek Karst National Park.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.