Places Jay Braun Wants to Go

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.