Places Wendy Jones Wants to Go

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.