Places dstarr7517 Wants to Go

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

The forgotten site of Guam’s first civilian hospital, where crumbling concrete foundations overlook the sea.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

Hidden 2600-year-old Urartian tomb is located in close proximity to a busy shopping mall.