Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

An enchanting landscape of ancient sandstone structures eroded into otherworldly shapes.

This luscious masterpiece created by landscape designer Bevis Bawa inspired the work of his brother, a famous Sri Lankan architect.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.