Places robtheller Wants to Go

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

According to legend, this bell once belonged to a kingdom now lost beneath the waves.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

Historical structures and natural wonders await visitors to this preserve.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.

A former reservoir that was only recently discovered after more than 60 years of disuse.

The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.