Places biboul Wants to Go

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.