Places goldelinemydear Wants to Go

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

Dedicated to the "World's Luckiest Fishing Village."

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

Once the primary source of ice in this region during the mid-20th century.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

Thermal springs underneath the seabed provide the heat and bubbles for these beachside natural hot tubs.