Places Emily Sue Wants to Go

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A man's home is his castle.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.