Places meganvbell Wants to Go

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

New York's oldest magic store.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”