Places miriamrigg Wants to Go

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

In the 19th century, this canal provided power to mills, machine shops, and other businesses in the area.

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

An abandoned early 20th-century mansion towers over a cliff in a southern Peruvian beach town.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.