Places calicobearcat Wants to Go

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The great Danube river starts here.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.