Places anatolejolly Wants to Go

A bizarre philosophy-themed park founded by an occult expert.

This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.

This hiking trail features an aging but endearing collection of folk miniatures depicting Taiwan’s landmarks.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.

A serene, almost spiritual place to do one's business. Who knew a public toilet could inspire and awe?

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.