Places Bee Watermeier Wants to Go

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.