Places chrissygjam Wants to Go

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.