Places thelordwinter Wants to Go

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

A goblet-shaped rock that, according to lore, is the home of an elven hermit.

These unique and ever-changing caves are a wonder of Iceland.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.

A former Catholic seminary, now a Washington State Park, preserves undeveloped lands on Lake Washington and also hosts a luxury hotel.