Places Wafflemaster135 Wants to Go

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.