Places savij Wants to Go

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.