Places marksuz Wants to Go

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.