Places kschaeffer Wants to Go

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

On the side of Christchurch Mansion is an enigmatic block of dark limestone that dates back to 14th-century Belgium.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.

This fortress in Honduras was built to resist pirates, but its builders had more to fear from the British.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

This railroad track was so secretive that it was omitted from all maps.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This mural changes every few years.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

This Connecticut ferry has been operating in some form since 1655.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.