Places aestheticsnafu Wants to Go

Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

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

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

This young woman's tombstone names her murderer, who is buried in the same cemetery.

The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

The final resting place of the man who played the Invisible Man.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.