Places Sarah Durn Wants to Go

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."