Places venuslady87 Wants to Go

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.