Places gwenw Wants to Go

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

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

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

A giant metal mosquito prepares to feast.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

A big museum full of little worlds.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

The home of a deceased Hungarian artist is now on display for visitors.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.