Places gogona Wants to Go

Despite being pillaged and destroyed a number over times down the centuries, this historic church still sort of stands.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

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

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.