Places riedermarcus Wants to Go

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Victorian-era pub covered head to toe with mementos from patrons of decades past.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

The spherical grains of white quartz sand give every step on this Australian beach a distinctive sound.

A series of magical limestone formations along the coastline of the country island of Antigua.

This no-frills bar in rural Wisconsin has become a haven for thirsty travelers.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark designs bring a Thai temple to life once the sun has set.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.