Places remcrae Wants to Go

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

This remote research station sits amid the second-largest ice sheet on the planet.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The final resting place of a celebrated First Nations man who traveled through England with a snake oil salesman.

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

Nearly 100 concrete graves lie hidden just beyond the pristine waters along the coast.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A white oak with property rights.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.