Places houdini Wants to Go

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.