Places murrayalisonb Wants to Go

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.

It's believed human settlements from the Palaeolithic Age were established not far from this canyon.

Sitting among the tombstones and trees, this anvil tells a story of crowns, conflicts, and craftsmanship.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

A brick-lined alley full of public artwork tucked away in downtown Gulfport.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

One of the stops along the fateful journey of the Donner Party.

Journey through a mesmerizing array of board games inside this museum.

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

This Art Nouveau gate still stands at the former entrance of a 20th-century Spanish writer's colony.

The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.