Places mkenik Wants to Go

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.

This 16th-century watchtower once defended Spain's Atlantic coast from pirates.

Built in 1904 as a lavish gift for a daughter, it is one of Croatia's youngest and most architecturally unique castles, blending Art Nouveau with neo-Gothic elements.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

One of Ireland’s oldest family-run pubs, with a unique feature.

Relics designed to contain and conceal Yugoslavian submarines.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

These 11,000-year-old mounds may be the oldest known human-made structures in the Americas.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The world’s second-largest flood defense barrier has protected London for decades.

Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.

Overlooking the Mississippi River, this building served as the county courthouse from 1848 to 1861.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This scenic road offers breathtaking mountain pass views and a quirky “magic road” illusion.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.