Places ShelleyMingo Wants to Go

This Ohio cemetery is home to the remains of many Confederate officers and soldiers who were once held nearby as prisoners of war.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

Over 100 lasers, including huge ones that look straight off a sci-fi set.

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.