Places SilverGirl Wants to Go

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

These palatial ruins said to be inspired by Cambodia's Angkor Wat have been turned into a significant religious temple.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

Named from the Spanish for “beautiful woods,” this public cemetery is spread across 29 acres of moss-draped oaks.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark designs bring a Thai temple to life once the sun has set.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

Hidden in the jungle is a botanical ‘Barbapa dream’ art center in the Yucatan rainforest.

These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.