Places emchughes Wants to Go

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.