Places katehawes Wants to Go

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

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

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.