Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Brooklyn, New York
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Key Largo, Florida
Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.
Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Saariselkä, Finland
Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Staten Island, New York
The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Seattle, Washington
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Seattle, Washington
Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
