Places netochka Wants to Go

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.