Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.