Isle of Skye, Scotland
Fairy Pools
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Bronx, New York
Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Carmel Hamlet, New York
The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.
Bronx, New York
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Tuxedo Park, New York
The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.
Yonkers, New York
America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.
Hartsdale, New York
The first pet cemetery in the United States.
Tarrytown, New York
One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.