Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

One of America's oldest Antarctic research bases is abandoned but still just waiting for visiting explorers.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

This ornate church designed by a self-taught architect is an eclectic masterpiece in the heart of Central Mexico.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.