Places clarissal Wants to Go

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.