Places obstakel Wants to Go

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.