Places pikapika Wants to Go

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.