Places miramarco Wants to Go

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.