Places jddarcy Wants to Go

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

On a corner of the Ardmeanach peninsula on the Isle of Mull, a 50 million-year-old fossil tree hides in the coastal cliffs.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

One of Ireland's lesser-known megalithic structures.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

This copy of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock is the result of one man's passion project.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.