Places clarissal Wants to Go

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

A heated sculpture pays tribute to an actor who loved hugs.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.