Places Taggaul Wants to Go

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.