Places marksuz Wants to Go

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.