Places FrostyOnyx Wants to Go

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Dozens of bronze sculptures are woven into the landscape along this trail.

Starting in 1961, Brookhaven National Labs regularly irradiated a section of forest with a canister of Cesium-137 to study the effects of hard gamma radiation on an ecosystem.

A 12-century Shiva temple nestled along a picturesque riverbank.

This medieval citadel once guarded the western entrance of the Pamir Highway.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.

A massive land art sculpture fills a green space once tarnished by a landfill.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

A marker honors the brief peace found by a tormented artist in the fictional land of Kcymaerxthaere.

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

Former coal-powered facility turned museum.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

A Victorian-era cemetery serves as a window into the city of Bradford’s past.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.