Places cnnorfrench Wants to Go

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

The strange “kaiju” of Lake Imba that allegedly killed over a dozen men with a single strike of lightning.

Dedicated to a strange, local cryptid beloved by all.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.

The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

During segregation, this Orlando hotel hosted performers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Now it's a museum dedicated to preserving local Black history.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.