Places rachael1006 Wants to Go

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.