Places creativename Wants to Go

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

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

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

A huge cathedral single-handedly constructed by one eccentric monk.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.