Places steffiweirdtalk Wants to Go

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Norristown, this campus stands as a fascinating piece of medical history.

India’s largest inland salt lake, whose blinding white salt flats create one of the most surreal landscapes in the Thar Desert.

This old radio building from the 1930s inspired the WSQK radio station featured in the last season of “Stranger Things.”

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Alexander Hamilton, a founding father for the United States, was an immigrant and born on Nevis.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The forgotten site of Guam’s first civilian hospital, where crumbling concrete foundations overlook the sea.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The west's first Japanese museum and the origin of East Asian studies.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This is the resting place of the meanest rooster in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.