Places tomod05 Wants to Go

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.