Places Gamereg Wants to Go

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

The ruins of an unfinished explosives factory can be found while taking a gentle stroll through a Manx glen.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.