Places mdstillman Wants to Go

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world. 

This museum dedicated to the famous comedy duo is located in the town where Stan Laurel was born.

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Around 30 ship figureheads are housed at this 11th-century abbey and gardens.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.

A public, open-air art exhibit featuring world-renowned sculptures hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Orlando.

This dragon narrowly escaped demolition.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course

The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.