Places jbeeson Wants to Go

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

More than 5,000 years old, D27 is the largest dolmen in the Netherlands and was already standing long before Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Abandoned and overgrown town with views of the Mediterranean Sea.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The Créac’h Lighthouse is the most powerful lighthouse in Europe, which gives you, at night, an eerie sense of serenity.

A seven-story circular concrete tower, once the heart of Ferrara’s Eridania distillery, resembles a modern industrial Colosseum.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A stone in a Victorian writer’s garden is a remnant of prehistoric Britain.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

A waterfall coming through an old stone wall, in a small canyon where 3 creeks converge.

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.