Places scoutboy Wants to Go

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

One of the world's largest tractors was built to replace camel caravans.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.