Places marchudgins Wants to Go

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

Bizarre Cavern.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.