Places timbuktuk Wants to Go

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The world's longest known cave system.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.