Places LeahRumsey Wants to Go

An eighteenth-century fantasy where monkeys, dragons, and Chinese courtiers emerge from walls made entirely of porcelain.

A cave whose archaeological contents proved the existence of a Copper Age culture is also where God put the Devil to shame

An ancient cave with connections to the American Revolution.

It's located in Lake of the Woods in Minnesota. Boat travel is the only way to get there.

Santa Monica is one of the world's longest, most beautiful, and least developed beaches: just white sand for miles, a single beach shack, and the concrete shell of an abandoned resort that never got past its foundations.

A windswept sandstone overlook offers sweeping views across an ancient plateau.

Tucked away past the island's famous stone arch, this hidden coastal path leads hikers to a dramatic razor sharp cliffside that thrusts into the Caribbean like the Doomed bow of the Titanic ocean liner.

Beautiful Victorian mansion on Cardiff's outskirts was once the family home of a South Wales coal mining dynasty.

A stubborn Ottoman tower with a punishing climb and a view over Eger

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

The Jardin d'Étretat is populated by over-sized raindrop sculptures that make funny faces at visitors.

The farmland on the old Isle of Axholme is one of only 4 places in the UK where the medieval practice of strip farming still persists.

This disused railway station is a beautiful lost place with a Victorian foot bridge and some graffiti.