Places mikkitta Wants to Go

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Named for the biblical warrior, the largest castle in Israel actually dates to the Middle Ages.

This Aztec structure remained hidden until the demolition of a supermarket exposed the lost temple.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.