Places flblom Wants to Go

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Also known as the "Red Taj Mahal."

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.