Places venuslady87 Wants to Go

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

California's first suspension bridge.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Denmark’s never-ending bridge.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.