Places Michelle Martin Wants to Go

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.