Places waldro00 Wants to Go

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

Here be dragons.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Discover the taste of mold.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.