Places EdHinDC Wants to Go

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.