Places katehawes Wants to Go

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.