Places nickelcurry Wants to Go

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

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