Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.