Places oliviaauriat Wants to Go

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.