Places johnw404 Wants to Go

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.

The front of this 17th-century cottage also contains a large, stone face.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.