Places mariaricks98 Wants to Go

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

New York's oldest magic store.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

This annual harvest parade features intricate floats covered with fruits, vegetables, and seeds.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.

An outdoor installation of 20 vintage signs that once hung in front of businesses throughout town.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

Aliens and monsters lurk inside this museum dedicated to one man's lifelong adoration of all things sci-fi.

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.