Places amiedd Wants to Go

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.