Places junkrat0 Wants to Go

Wander through a subtropical island rich with 19th-century colonial architecture, grand pianos, and the reassurance that you won't encounter automobiles.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant, still glowing beneath its historic neon sign.

A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.

This 19th century cotton-gin factory has been repurposed into an artist space and cultural center, complete with goats.

A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.

A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.

A perfectly preserved 19th-century mill that can still run today.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

In a fusion of myth and mischief, this statue is a testament to this university's quest for both knowledge and pleasure

An ancient healing font dedicated to an 11th-century matriarch was moved to make way for progress.

This park is home to all 8 swan species, and also has extensive plantings of Japanese Iris.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

Winter and summer solstice aligned sculpture in the middle of nowhere.

This cemetery holds the unidentified remains from a wreck sometimes known as “Australia’s Titanic.”

Victory on this battlefield catapulted William Henry Harrison to the presidency in 1840.

The remains of what was once the world’s largest spinning mill.

Row through this enchanted narrow chasm whose stones are said to resemble dragon scales.

One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.

Japan's legendary filmmaker is interred in a small graveyard in a similarly modest temple in Kamakura.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

Established in the 16th century, this "mother's market" is run entirely by women.