Mühltal, Germany
Castle Frankenstein
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Fackler, Alabama
This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Baia, Italy
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Washington, D.C.
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.