Places samireland Wants to Go

This painting of a beloved dog will be on display at the Scottish National Gallery at long as the museum exists.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.

A geothermal pool in North Iceland that is said to be the bathing spot of the legendary Grettir the Strong.

A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.

This breathtaking island on Rwanda’s Lake Kivu is a haven for thousands of fruit bats.

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, a trio of topiary created by one man over the course of more than 20 years.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.