Places Taggaul Wants to Go

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.