Places miriamrigg Wants to Go

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A 1975 bylaw prohibits the construction of any building that would block the view of this Gothic Revival church.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

This building's metal facade is the last of its kind in all of Canada.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

Delve into the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, harbor town history, and a quiet seaside garden at this charming library.