Places jddarcy Wants to Go

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

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

This behemoth bovine guards an Estonian town and is a memorial to the lost species.

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

Here be dragons.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.