Places mikswockam Wants to Go

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

This neolithic stone was once used for ceremonial practices similar to its neighbor Stonehenge.

This is a full-scale replica of a complete Stonehenge made from locally quarried Esperance granite.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

Amelia Island’s oldest independent bookstore is a cozy oasis for literary exploration.

Named from the Spanish for “beautiful woods,” this public cemetery is spread across 29 acres of moss-draped oaks.

This grand, Italianate family home built in 1885 is now a charming bed and breakfast.

The largest sand dune in Florida sits inside the state's first Black-owned beach.

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.