Places jirwin Wants to Go

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.