Places shbtlr Wants to Go

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

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

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.