Places meganvbell Wants to Go

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.