Places jddarcy Wants to Go

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

This stone obelisk is a relic of the 17th-century Swedish mile markers.

Crystal chandeliers brighten up this dark underpass.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

This tree was once used to calculate the decrease of the Baltic Sea.