Places mgward Wants to Go

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The magic's in the hole!

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

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

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.