Places margotgabel Wants to Go

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.