Places eosstar Wants to Go

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."