Places timbuktuk Wants to Go

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

A mountain of conch shells created by centuries of fishermen.

A miniature cathedral made of 20,948 tiny pieces of marble.

Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.

This industrial museum is based on one of the oldest standing iron forges in the U.K.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.