Places jmallott Wants to Go

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

A museum of memories in what was once one of the most violent cities in the world.

Originally intended as a temporary installation, this sculpture is now a permanent part of a stunning Scottish beach.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.

One of the largest concentrations of rock paintings in Southern Africa.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A series of caves within the gorge hold artifacts from the Stone Age.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.