Places Jared Steed Wants to Go

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.