Places xxrye Wants to Go

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

The great Danube river starts here.

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

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.