Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.