Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

3D war panorama in Damascus built with help from North Korea.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.