Places sarahvjanet Wants to Go

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.