Places dylanmmurphy Wants to Go

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The ship that got left behind.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.