Places nickelcurry Wants to Go

In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

It's 2 billion years old!

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

An old abandoned pharmacy building in Texas is brimming with collectibles and images of the little tuxedoed pooch.

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

Australia's largest collection of rare and bizarre insects.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.