Places caitmckay Wants to Go

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

The burial place of one the greatest Arthurian authors, with the sword in the (grave)stone.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

This incredible narrow-gauge mountain railway was created by a ceramic artist.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.