Places acrig Wants to Go

A century-old local legend surrounds the grave of Barbara Snyder due to its eerie epitaph.

Frances Slocum was taken by Delaware Indians in 1778 and lived as, Maconaquah, a Miami Indian until her death in 1847.

In a beautiful open space on the north side of the Palmer Divide sits one solitary 19th-century gravestone in a copse of trees.

This cemetery holds the bodies of at least 133 former patients.

A subterranean necropolis blending Egyptian, Hellenic, and Roman traditions and art styles.

This is the resting place of the meanest rooster in Cleveland, Tennessee.

A hauntingly beautiful grave commemorates love evermore.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

The west's first Japanese museum and the origin of East Asian studies.

A unique Baroque monument that creates a fascinating “theater of memory” focused on the themes of human transience and the hope for resurrection.

The unusual burial site of a globetrotter, eccentric, adventurer, war hero, landscape designer, dandy, and writer.

A quiet grave marks the site of a centuries-old fairytale love story that turned out to be a real murder.

One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.

A curated collection of hundreds of taxidermy animals from across British Columbia, Canada, and the rest of the world.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."