Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

Most polluted lake in the world, used as a radioactive dumping ground for years.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Thousands of costumed dolls fill one of the world's creepiest museums.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

A palatial art deco restroom.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.