Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.