Places Xoan Wants to Go

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.