Places dstarr7517 Wants to Go

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

A subterranean necropolis blending Egyptian, Hellenic, and Roman traditions and art styles.

A ruined farmhouse that inspired an (inaccurate) illustration for Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights.”

A 14th-century church holds a unique monument to a German mathematician who dedicated his life to calculating the value of pi.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A gem in the middle of the desert that looks like it came straight from a fairytale.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

This 17th-century mausoleum is topped with an acoustic marvel.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

An unexpected mix of medieval buildings and modern street art.