Places mkenik Wants to Go

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

Ado Awaye Mountain and the unique lake that sits near its peak are shrouded in ancient legends.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

Home to the world's largest collection of nutcrackers.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Visit Europe's largest subterranean waterfall, carved by water from the glaciers of the towering peaks surrounding the valley.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.