Places thewardrobedoor Wants to Go

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

A glimpse into early 19th-century education.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

This tiny church is one of England's smallest.

The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

The farm where one of America's most famous folk artists created her paintings.

A small tower where a philosopher once speculated on human nature and morality.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

This giant 200-year-old ginkgo is one of the largest in the United States.

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.