Places James Gage Wants to Go

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.