Places katehawes Wants to Go

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.