Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.