Places meganvbell Wants to Go

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.