Places ibcarlene Wants to Go

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

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

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.