Places catlightly Wants to Go

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.