Places shamblalex Wants to Go

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

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

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.