Places schodek Wants to Go

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

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