Places k8bliz Wants to Go

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

More than 500 unique and specially designed cases collected by D.C.'s "Harmonica Case Man."

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.