Places GRH Wants to Go

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

This is the last surviving Bollman truss bridge in the world.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

One of the largest and most ornate abbeys in this part of Europe.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

After emancipation, former slaves paved the roads of their newly built settlement with these bricks.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Behold the uncanny sight of the Golden Arches—rendered in black.

A curious fountain that resembles a beloved character from the 1960s.

This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.