Places butterflywings Wants to Go

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.