Places asdonkar Wants to Go

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

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

These graves are a rare example of Napoleonic Prisoner of War Graves in Britain.

A collection of whimsical metal sculptures scattered along a forest path.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

A former church transformed into a public library.

The most impressive example of contemporary Romanian architecture in wood

One of the biggest islands in the River Po is a protected nature reserve, reachable only by a seasonal ford rich with endemic fauna, fossils, and late 19th-century buildings.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.

In 1859, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in this small town.

This giant fiberglass sunfish welcomes visitors to Onalaska, Wisconsin, the "Sunfish Capital of the World."

A young artist's storefront brings eldritch horrors to small-town America.

Life-size statues of characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' stand at the one of the early screening sites for the 1939 movie.

See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.