Places Curioussquirrel Wants to Go

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.

This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 

A hidden sculpture garden tucked within the middle of Brighton.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

The unusual private collection of modern-day renaissance man George Musgrave.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.