Places RSkarritt Wants to Go

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.

A small village in India bears witness to the end of birds' lives every September.

One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician.

Old and brave breed of warhorses known for their elegant, curved ears.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.