Places mariska135mm Wants to Go

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.