Places k344y Wants to Go

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

When struck, the strange stones in this park ring like bells.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.