Places josephwbeck Wants to Go

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.