Places avalard Wants to Go

Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.

The remnants of a classic 1970's British film.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This century-old cinema is complete with musical interludes and boasts a rare projection system.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.