Places ambsrich Wants to Go

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Believed to be the largest single-stemmed oak tree in England.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.