Places marksuz Wants to Go

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.